--- F R E N D Z of martian --- The Chinese government are at it again ----- Original Message ----- From: Lessard, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: L Nettime-L (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: <nettime> China arrests Internet editor > ----------------------- > China arrests Internet editor > ----------------------------- > The man who launched China's first human rights website has been > arrested and accused of attempting to overthrow the state. > > Huang Qi and his wife were taken from their home in the city of Chengdu > last Saturday after articles commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown > were published on his website. The arrests came on the eve of the 11th > anniversary of the bloody suppression of the pro-democracy movement. > > His wife, Zeng Li, was released three days later, but she says her > husband continues to be held and has now been charged with subversion. > > One of the items published on Mr Huang's website was a letter from the > mother of a young student killed during the demonstrations. It accused > police of beating her son to death. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of > people were killed as the Tiananmen Square movement was suppressed in > 1989. > > Mr Huang's arrest is another sign of just how nervous the Chinese > Government is about the explosive growth of the Internet, and, in > particular, with its use by dissident groups to disseminate information > the authorities consider subversive. > > Source: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_780000/780787.st > m - BBC News > > >From Via Thanks to > > *** > LOOK BACK: Media News is archived at <http://www.ejc.nl/mn/searchnews.asp> > and searchable on keyword. > ***** > > Visit the European Journalism Centre website at <http://www.ejc.nl> for > information on training > activities, EJC publications and useful tools for journalists. > > For Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Suggestions contact Herman Pijpers at: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
