11-07-07

人权组织就中国因特网异议人士案批雅虎 (Rights Group Criticizes Yahoo over Chinese Internet Dissident Case)

大赦国际美国分部表示，雅虎公司在国会听证中就一名中国记者被捕所作道歉是不够的。这个人权组织亚洲事务负责人库马尔星期二发表一份声明，要求雅虎首席执行官杨致远解释雅虎公司将如何防止未来发生类似事件。

早些时候，众议院外交事务委员会成员批评杨致远和雅虎副总裁迈克尔.卡拉汉隐瞒有关中国当局进行一次导致记者师涛被逮捕调查的资讯。中国一家法庭使用雅虎提供的资讯判处师涛10年监禁，罪名是泄露国家机密。

雅虎公司官员为公司的行为进行了辩护，声称他们不清楚中国政府要求雅虎提供有关这名记者资讯的性质。

众议院外交事务委员会主席、民主党议员兰托斯说，他不认为美国最有智慧的公司应该在他所称的中国残酷政治镇压活动中发挥任何基本作用。

Amnesty International USA says Yahoo's apology during a congressional hearing on the arrest of a Chinese journalist is insufficient. The human rights group's advocacy director for Asia Kumar released a statement Tuesday calling on chief executive Jerry Yang to explain how the Internet company will prevent future cases from occurring.

Earlier, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized Yang and Yahoo vice president Michael Callahan for withholding information about a Chinese investigation that led to the detention of journalist Shi Tao. A Chinese court used information provided by Yahoo to sentence Shi to 10 years in prison for sharing state secrets.

The Yahoo executives defended their company's actions, claiming they were not aware of the nature of the Chinese government's request for information about the journalist.

Committee Chairman (and Democrat) Tom Lantos said he does not believe America's brightest companies should be playing integral roles in what he called China's brutal political repression.

媒体权益组织谴责中国关闭一人文社会通讯 (Media Rights Group Condemns China's Closure of Civil Society Newsletter)

记者无国界谴责中国关闭一个受欢迎的通讯刊物，这个刊物十多年来一直在观察中国公民社会的成长。设在北京的中国发展简报的创刊编辑在与中国当局谈判失败之后宣布简报永久停刊。

在英国出生的编辑高扬10月在网站上写道，中国当局今年9月拒绝他重新入境。记者无国界星期二表示，中国政府拒绝高扬入境是为了迫使简报停刊。中国发展简报的网站设在英国一个伺服器上。

不过高扬说，他欢迎针对如何延续这份简报的存在提出的建议。

Reporters Without Borders has condemned China's closure of a popular newsletter that has monitored the growth of civil society for more than a decade. The founding editor of the Beijing-based China Development Brief announced the permanent closure of the publication following failed negotiations with Chinese authorities.

Writing on the Website in October, the British-born editor Nick Young wrote that authorities denied him re-entry to China in September. Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday that the government denied Young entry in order to force publication's closure. The publication is hosted on a server in Britain.

But Young said he was open to proposals for how the life of the publication might be extended.