Amnesty international in their website accuse Yahoo in human rights violation.
"Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for sending an email to the USA. He was accused of “illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities” by using his Yahoo email account.
According to the court transcript of the evidence that led to Shi Tao’s sentencing, the US internet company Yahoo provided account-holder information on him.
Shi Tao was accused of sending an email summarizing an internal Communist Party directive to a foreign source. The Communist Party directive had warned Chinese journalists of possible social unrest during the anniversary of the June 4 Movement (in memory of the Tiananmen crackdown), and directed them not to fuel it via media reports. "
Quote from Amnesty International website
Amnesty International call people to take action and complain to Yahoo about the company’s role in assisting in the violation of Shi Tao’s rights. Asking Yahoo to use its influence to secure Shi Tao’s release.
Blogs are already joining, Boo Yahoo for example is offering website buttons protesting against Yahoo.
