Censorship in China


Additional Resources


Internet Censorship
Amnesty International joins multi stakeholder initiative on internet and human rights

Human Rights Watchdog Group Slams Yahoo!, Google, KQED interview with Mila Rosenthal, Director of the Business and Human Rights Program for Amnesty International USA, July 20, 2006

Undermining Freedom of Expression in China, report from Amnesty International, July 20, 2006

Press Release, July 20, 2006

Fact Sheet on Internet Censorship

Petitions (Yahoo, Microsoft, Google)

Press Release

Amnesty International Addresses Google Annual General Meeting,
May 11, 2006

Excerpts from Amnesty International USA testimony before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, February 1, 2006

February 14, 2006: Amnesty International Calls on U.S. High-Tech Companies to Cease Internet Censorship

Interview with Mila Rosenthal Business and Human Rights Program Director at Amnesty International on the Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC Radio, January 27, 2006

January 25, 2006: U.S. Internet Companies Assist Censorship in China
On Yahoo! (YHOO)
Yahoo Official Statement: "Our Beliefs as a Global Internet Company"

Yahoo!'s Response to Amnesty International (PDF)

Letter from Amnesty International to Terry Semel, Chairman & CEO, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)
On Microsoft (MSFT):
Letter from Amnesty International to Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft (MSFT)

From the Business & Human Rights Resource Center:
China: Microsoft shuts down controversial political weblog
  • Microsoft (MSFT) "technical evangelist" Robert Scoble on his personal weblog: "The behavior of my company in this instance is not right"
  • Commentary by internet freedom expert Rebecca MacKinnon
  • also provided: Microsoft (MSFT) response & comments by other Microsoft (MSFT) managers