Chinese couple sue Yahoo! in US over torture case

[babsbunny]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2465946.ece

Chinese couple sue Yahoo! in US over torture case
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 20 April 2007
In a brave legal action against the great firewall of China, a jailed political prisoner and his wife have sued Yahoo! in a US court, accusing the internet firm of contributing to torture by helping authorities identify dissidents who were later beaten and imprisoned.

Wang Xiaoningwas imprisoned in September 2003 for 10 years for the crime of "incitement to subvert state power" after he emailed electronic journals calling for democratic reform and an end to single-party rule in a Yahoo! group in 2000 and 2001.

He was arrested by Chinese police in September 2002 and claims he was kicked and beaten during his detention.

Mr Wang and his wife Yu Ling claim the Hong Kong unit of Yahoo! provided mainland police with information linking Mr Wang to the postings, a claim that Yahoo! denies.

[Zodiak]

1. And they should sue

But then again, since torture is now part of US law and our government cannot rush fast enough to fellate a corporation, I suspect they willbe shipped back to China....probably to be tortured in prison.

We have become our enemy.