Author Topic: Expressing your opinion on the internet can lead to a death sentence  (Read 241 times)

Offline Ripsnort

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Not sure as to the authenticity of the link, but it sounds like par for the Chinese course...

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                 HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION Amnesty International issued a
                 warning today on its Web site that Internet users in mainland China
                 could be killed by the State for expressing their opinion online.

                 Thirty three people were named as "prisoners of conscience" today, for
                 apparently doing little more than expressing their opinions online.

                 Two "subversives" have already died in custody, it claimed.

                 And the statement, which it released today, also warns that overseas
                 companies were colluding in a crack down we first reported last August.


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Re: Expressing your opinion on the internet can lead to a death sentence
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2002, 10:34:28 AM »
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Not sure as to the authenticity of the link, but it sounds like par for the Chinese course...

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Yup sounds about right. They probably use the same technology as the FBI. :) Filthy swine communists .... oh hang on there's someone at the door... BRB
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Expressing your opinion on the internet can lead to a death sentence
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2002, 11:26:55 AM »
LOL! Hey, I was wondering if they treat Hong Kong residents differently?

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Expressing your opinion on the internet can lead to a death sentence
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2002, 01:44:49 PM »
Communism, it's what's for dinner.