Cyber-dissident accused of "plotting against the state" (博讯boxun.com)

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    Reporters Without Borders called today for immediate release of cyber-dissident Li Zhi, who was charged on 3 September with "plotting against the state" for having contact with foreign-based dissidents through the Internet. He faces a 15-year prison sentence if convicted.

    It demanded that all charges be dropped against the 32-year-old civil servant and said they violated both the Chinese constitution and the country's international human rights commitments.

    It said he was being targeted as part of a broader government crackdown that showed once more the complete official intolerance of online freedom of expression. Government surveillance of e-mail messages and discussion forums to track down regime dissidents was unacceptable, it added.

    Li Zhi was arrested by state security police on 8 August at his home in Dazhou, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The US-based organisation Human Rights in China said he had criticised the government in online forums and was thus regarded as being in touch with foreign-based opponents. Police seized his computer but provincial officials refused to say anything about the offending material.

    The Internet has become a major target of the regime's repression since three harsh laws governing it were adopted in 2000. Thirty cyber-dissidents are in prison throughout the country for expressing their opinions online.

    http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=8078 (博讯boxun.com)