Internet search giant Yahoo claimed it had no knowledge that it may have contributed to the imprisonement of activist Wang Xiaoning. Yahoo released this statement,
“We condemn punishment of any activity internationally recognized as free expression, whether that punishment takes place in China or anywhere else in the world.
The rights group Human Rights in China, said that Wang was sentenced to prison in September 2003 as a result of information alleged to have been passed from Yahoo to the Chinese.
The rights group said the allegations against Wang stemmed from electronic journals he published from 2000 to 2002 and distributed by email through Yahoo email groups that he established anonymously in mainland China and Hong Kong.
It’s unlcear as to whether or not Yahoo provided the Chinese gov with Wang’s identity or the information that led to his arrest.
[tags]China, Yahoo, Dissident, Injustice[/tags]