From the Associated Press, via Boing Boing – Yahoo! Hong Kong provided evidence which was used against Shi Tao. Interesting, since Yahoo’s defence of their actions had been that they were complying with mainland Chinese laws, which don’t apply in Hong Kong. Their letter to Amnesty International (173K PDF) explicitly states that Yahoo! Hong Kong was not involved in the release of information to the Chinese goverment.
Shi Tao was jailed in April 2005, for ten years, after sending an e-mail from his Yahoo account regarding the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Amnesty International considers Shi Tao a prisoner of conscience. If you would like to take action in support of Shi Tao, Amnesty has further details on their website.
If you’re local, and interested in corporate human rights, we will be having a workshop about the Business and Human Rights campaign at the next meeting of Blackheath & Greenwich Amnesty – 11th April, 8pm, at St Margaret’s Church in Lee Terrace.