Chinese censorship and journalist prisoner

Today is an Amnesty International rallying day for human rights.  I found out about it through a Facebook promotion: Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.  The topic that I, as a blogger, would like to highlight is the continued censorship in China, particularly internet censorship.  The filtering, blocking, and state monitoring of ideas is offensive to me as a librarian, and if you feel the same way then you may want to read about the imprisonment of Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist. 

I invite you to sign an Amnesty International action asking Yahoo lobby the Chinese government for the release Shi Tao, who was imprisoned for sending an email (through Yahoo) about his beliefs about the Communist Party to the a recipient in the U.S.  Yahoo provided the Chinese government with information (his confidential emails) that lead to his arrest and imprisonment, and Amnesty International has classified the Shi Tao as a Prisoner of Conscience.  You can read more about the issue of Chinese censorship on the AI website.

Amnesty International provides an online action center where you can express your opinion on human rights issues to government officials and other people in positions of power.