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Chinese Dissident Convicted on Yahoo! Information Freed After Four Years

Via Reporters sans Frontières.

Cyber-dissident and pro-democracy activist Jiang Lijun was freed on 5 November on completing a four-year sentence. Convicted of "inciting the subversion of state authorities" following his arrest on 7 November 2002, he was viewed by the police as the head of a small group of cyber-dissidents and had been arrested several times before for posting political articles online.

Reporters Without Borders had denounced the US company Yahoo!'s involvement in his arrest and prosecution. It was one of three cases - together with those of Shi Tao and Li Zhi - in which Yahoo!’s collaboration with the Chinese police and judicial authorities has been proved.

posted by Fergie @ 11/09/2006 10:24:00 AM