Wednesday, August 02, 2006
China petition call by Amnesty International
Amnesty says key words are being filtered by web giants in China Amnesty International is urging UK users of Yahoo, Microsoft and Google to e-mail the companies asking them to change the way they operate in China. The human rights organisation says the companies are aiding internet censorship in the Communist state. And it is asking them to reveal which words they have banned from blogs or web searches in China. The internet companies say they are helping the people of China by making information more freely available. But Amnesty says they are helping to reinforce censorship by the Chinese government. If enough people tell them they are not happy with their actions in China, we hope it will make them think again
Amnesty International UK director Kate Allen said: "Yahoo, Microsoft and Google claim they are obeying local laws when in fact they are succumbing to political pressure. We want them to hear from customers here in the UK. If enough people tell them they are not happy with their actions in China, we hope it will make them think again."
Details on BBC URL below. Probably repeated complaints from countries other than UK to Yahoo, Microsoft and Google, are also in order.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5194238.stm
Also "Write an appeal to President Musharraf to commute the death sentence of Mirza Tahir Hussain" see Amnesty URL for details http://www.amnesty.org.uk/ or from India you can also try http://www.amnesty.org.in/ , lots of useful Indian phone numbers on this site too.
Amnesty International UK director Kate Allen said: "Yahoo, Microsoft and Google claim they are obeying local laws when in fact they are succumbing to political pressure. We want them to hear from customers here in the UK. If enough people tell them they are not happy with their actions in China, we hope it will make them think again."
Details on BBC URL below. Probably repeated complaints from countries other than UK to Yahoo, Microsoft and Google, are also in order.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5194238.stm
Also "Write an appeal to President Musharraf to commute the death sentence of Mirza Tahir Hussain" see Amnesty URL for details http://www.amnesty.org.uk/ or from India you can also try http://www.amnesty.org.in/ , lots of useful Indian phone numbers on this site too.
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