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Reuters: Bankers and HK security head to discuss treason law
2002-12-03
The new law is aimed at preventing acts of subversion, sedition, treason against, or secession from China, but the government has not revealed the full content of the planned legislation, which it wants in place by July. -
IDG.com (Singapore): Amnesty details 33 Chinese Internet arrests
2002-12-03The longest sentence detailed in the report is a 12-year jail term handed down to Yao Yue, a Beijing graduate student who was tried in December last year for downloading and disseminating material from Falun Gong web sites, according to Amnesty. -
Amnesty International: China Orders Death Penalty for Internet Use
2002-12-01"Two of those detained for Internet-related offenses have died in custody, apparently as a result of torture or ill-treatment at the hands of the police. Both are members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. -
National Post: Bracing for Beijing's new crackdown: 'The honeymoon is over': Anti-subversion measures will severely limit freedom of speech
2002-12-01Today, as a Hong Kong resident, I can...speak on behalf of the Falun Gong, protest the incarceration of dissidents in Chinese psychiatric hospitals...It is unlikely anyone would try to stop me. But under the terms of Article 23, I would be in serious trouble. -
Associated Press: Release of Chinese Net Activists Sought
2002-11-30""Internet users are the latest group to be ensnared in China's deadly web of arrest, detention and torture, and U.S. corporations increasingly facilitate this repression," T. Kumar, Amnesty's Asia advocacy director said in a news release accompanying the report." -
Deutsche Presse-Agentur: Amnesty says Internet users at risk of arbitrary arrest in China
2002-11-29"Internet users in China are at risk of arbitrary detention, torture and even execution, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The London-based human rights organization detailed the cases of at least 33 people who have been detained or imprisoned for offences related to their use of the Internet." -
Business Week: Rights group looks at China and techs
2002-11-29The government has also introduced strongly worded laws prohibiting the transmission of what it calls "state secrets" to overseas organizations via the Internet. Violators can be sentenced to long imprisonment and death for more serious violations, according to Amnesty's citation of a Chinese law introduced in January 2001. -
Amnesty: State control of the internet in China
2002-11-28At least 14 Falun Gong practitioners have been detained and imprisoned for Internet-related offences, several have died in custody reportedly as a result of torture. Amnesty International has investigated the cases of 33 people believed to be prisoners of conscience. They have been detained or are serving long sentences in prison or labour camps for Internet-related offences. Three have died in custody, two of whom reportedly died as a result of torture, and there are reports that others have been tortured or ill-treated in detention. -
EFIC: Women Tortured and Sexually Assaulted in Beijing’s Chaoyang Detention Centre
2002-11-28“The cries of the women being tortured often echo in my ears, and the brutal scenes still appear before my eyes.” -
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Amnesty appeals for Internet freedom in China
2002-11-28Amnesty warned..."Anyone surfing the Internet could potentially be at risk of arbitrary detention and imprisonment"...adding that under the law, those who publish information on the Internet considered to be a state secret could even be sentenced to death. -
AFP: Amnesty appeals for Internet freedom in China
2002-11-27"The cases detailed in the report include political activists as well as those connected to organisations such as the outlawed Falungong spiritual group. Both the prisoners who died in custody were Falungong followers, Amnesty said." -
AFP: Media groups warn Hong Kong anti-subversion law would muzzle free speech
2002-11-26"It said the proposed law would damage "Hong Kong's reputation for free-flowing information and possibly spark an exodus of journalists and news organisations, among other dire effects on the territory."..The controversial legislation -- which opponents say is being rammed through at China's behest -- is due to be enacted after a three-month consultation exercise ends December 24." -
AFP: US ambassador to China slams Beijing over human rights (Excerpt)
2002-11-26""If China wants to be accepted as both a respected and responsible member of the international community, then China must abide by certain internationally-accepted forms of behavior," Randt told members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing." -
The Spectator: Jiang's regime is a fascist regime
2002-11-24"Jiang and the CCP have carried on regardless, ruthlessly quashing worker protests, smashing a nascent democratic movement, and dealing mercilessly with religious believers: Roman Catholics, Tibetan Buddhists and the Falun Gong movement." -
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): IT experts voice fears over Article 23
2002-11-24Information technology professionals have voiced fears that the government's proposal to introduce an anti-subversion law would inhibit the free flow of data in the cyber world. "The Article 23 legislation will have a direct impact on Hong Kong's status as Asia's information and telecommunications hub," said Democrat Sin Chung-kai.
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