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Amnesty Protests China Internet Arrests
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posted by mpawlo
on Thursday November 28, @05:06PM
from the surf-to-jail dept.
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33 people in China have been detained or jailed for offences related to their internet use. The people are political activists and writers as well as members of unofficial organisations such as the Falun Gong spiritual movement. Amnesty International demands that China releases the imprisoned persons. On a related note, Amnesty International has critized companies selling products that aid the Chinese government in its censorship. Mr Declan McCullagh thinks that Amnesty should 'focus its otherwise good work on the real culprits: The Chinese government.'
In a brief but rather ironical comment, Professor Lawrence Lessig states that 'while Geeks are unlikely to persuade Washington to call off the war that is killing IT, AI is likely to persuade China to reform civil rights'.
Personally, I wonder if not all work that could lead to an improvement of the civil liberties and is conducted within the legal framework should be encouraged. Plus that in this case, Amnesty is actually doing both things suggested - so where is the beef?
Read entire story at BBC News.
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