chinese journalist shi tao sent an email to a pro-democracy website and 7 months later was imprisoned for "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities"...so then, how do you break a person's spirit?
...deny him the right to freely express himself...shi tao, a chinese journalist, used his yahoo! email account to send a message to a u.s.-based pro-democracy website...seven months later, he was arrested and charged with the vaguely-worded crime of "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities"...
urge your representative to intervene on his behalf and help repair a broken system of neglect of human rights...
...harass his family...daily questioning and intimidation tactics were all too much for shi tao's wife...security officials persistently pressured her to divorce shi tao...eventually, she did...
...harass his family...daily questioning and intimidation tactics were all too much for shi tao's wife...security officials persistently pressured her to divorce shi tao...eventually, she did...
...take away his freedom...for simply sending an email, shi tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison...
china currently holds the record for the largest known number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world...every email, instant message, and online communication passes through a government-controlled router where it is carefully scrutinized...government officials can filter, block and even discard personal information...
they may be able to easily delete words, but they cannot delete human rights...
peace out <3
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