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CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-364044

Shi Tao: Email, State-Secrets Prosecution and Early Release

师涛：电子邮件、国家秘密案与提前释放

Date

2004 — 2013-08-23

Location

Hunan; Yinchuan, Ningxia (subsequent imprisonment)

Event Type

Detention · Sentencing · Release

Human Rights Issues

Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial · Freedom of the Press

Record ID

CNHRA-E-364044

Summary

Amnesty records arrest in November 2004, ten years’ imprisonment in April 2005 and two years’ deprivation of political rights, alongside reports of family pressure, prison labor and health concerns.[1]

Description

Amnesty records arrest in November 2004, ten years’ imprisonment in April 2005 and two years’ deprivation of political rights, alongside reports of family pressure, prison labor and health concerns.[1]

Shi was released on August 23, 2013 and subsequently thanked Amnesty supporters for assistance to him and his mother.[1][2]

Developments

Detained

Shi emailed a summary of instructions to downplay the June Fourth anniversary in April and was arrested in November. Amnesty connects the content to newsroom censorship and later use of account information as evidence.[2][1]

Sentenced to ten years

Shi received ten years in April and two years’ deprivation of political rights on a state-secrets charge. Amnesty identifies Yahoo user information as part of the evidence and notes the company’s local-law response, raising press-freedom and corporate-responsibility questions.[1][2]

Released early

Amnesty and CPJ record release after more than eight years. Shi later thanked Amnesty supporters.[1][2]

Related People

Shi Tao

师涛

CNHRA-P-480043

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Organizations

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Documents

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Sources

  1. [1]
    Shi Tao

    CNHRA-S-292450Amnesty International USA

    Evidence location: Profile: emailed censorship information, Yahoo data, ten-year term and August 23, 2013 release.

  2. [2]
    Shi Tao archive: September 2013 release report

    CNHRA-S-541469Committee to Protect Journalists

    Evidence location: September 9, 2013 release-report entry: release on August 23, distinct from publication date.

Record ID: CNHRA-E-364044