Earlier this year, a Chinese political prisoner and his wife sued Yahoo in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the company of abetting in the commission of torture by helping the Chinese government to identify political dissidents who were later beaten and tortured. Another political prisoner has since joined the case.Now Yahoo has asked the court to dismiss the case.The company makes a number of legal arguments to the court. For the lay reader, however, the first paragraph conveys the main thrust of Yahoo’s position. “This is a lawsuit by citizens of China imprisoned for using the Internet in China to express political views in violation of China law. It is a political case challenging the laws and actions of the Chinese government. It has no place in the American courts.”
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/yahoo-to-court-dismiss-torture-case/Also see:
Yahoo files to dismiss China human rights suit
Yahoo on Monday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Chinese journalists who alleged that the Internet company and its subsidiaries “willingly” handed over information about their online writing to the People’s Republic of China.The case hinges on a lawsuit filed in April in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. Plaintiffs Shi Tao, Wang Xiaoning–two pro-democracy advocates–and Yu Ling (Wang’s wife) charged Yahoo and its Hong Kong subsidiary with allegedly divulging information about their online activity and pro-democracy writing to Chinese authorities, an act that ultimately caused their arrest and prosecution, according to the filing. Both men were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6204746.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6204746.htmlYahoo in China human rights case
A human rights group in the US is suing Yahoo for alleged complicity in rights abuses and acts of torture in China.The World Organization for Human Rights says Yahoo’s sharing of information with the Chinese government has led to the arrests of writers and dissidents.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6966116.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2157506,00.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2340803.ece
http://ecommercetimes.com/story/aP0qFhMbKxXGBK/Yahoo-Torture-Case-Has-No-Place-in-American-Courts.xhtml
http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201802784
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701581.html