Media News - Friday, April 04, 2008
Yahoo creates fund for Chinese ‘cyber dissidents’
Blasted for allegedly helping Chinese authorities identify ‘cyber dissidents,’ Yahoo said it was launching a new fund to help Chinese people imprisoned for voicing their opinions on internet. A fund set up by Yahoo to atone for revealing ‘cyber dissidents’ to Chinese officials is aiding people jailed there for human rights views posted on the Internet, its overseer said Wednesday. Harry Wu, a widely-known Chinese dissident who spent 19 years in labor camps for voicing his opinions, declined to say how much money is in the Yahoo Human Rights Fund he is administering with the help of a board of directors. The fund is intended to pay for legal aid and family support for dissidents jailed for human rights views expressed on the Internet, especially using Yahoo services, according to Wu. Money from the fund will also pay to educate people inside and outside China about human rights conditions in that country, Wu said. (AFP via France 24)
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