Yahoo Settles Jailed Journalist Case

November 14th, 2007

Bowing to pressure from Congress last week, and legal challenges in court, Yahoo on Tuesday agreed to settle the lawsuit filed against it by Human Rights USA.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in April 2007, sought to hold Yahoo accountable for handing over identifying Internet user information of Chinese journalist Shi Tao and prodemocracy writer Wang Xiaoning to Chinese authorities.

The two journalists reportedly were abused and tortured. Both men are serving 10-year sentences under the charges of “subversion of state power” and “sharing state secrets.”

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