China Sentences Reporter to 10 Years

Posted on May 3, 2005 5:17 PM | | Comments (0)

By Joe McDonald

BEIJING -- A Chinese journalist who worked for a financial newspaper was sentenced Saturday to 10 years in prison on charges of giving state secrets to foreigners.

Shi Tao's family said the sentence was the minimum possible under his March conviction "illegally providing state secrets to foreigners." They said the maximum was life in prison.

>> Read the complete article

This article is filed under the categories of

Human Rights

Have something to say? Leave a comment here:


please type the characters you see in the picture above.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Site Editor published on May 3, 2005 5:17 PM.

Web Censors In China Find Success was the previous entry in this blog.

China 'crushing Muslim Uighurs' is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.




Beijing 2008
Silenced - China's Great Wall of Censorship. This book takes the reader on a fascinating and disturbing trip behind China’s Great Wall of Censorship. It also tells the story of Voice of Tibet, the radio station China couldn’t silence.

Information + More

Subscribe to feed Subscribe XML
Powered by Movable Type 4.0