| Description | Human Rights USA's current Complaint, filed against Yahoo, pending before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Human Rights USA filed suit against Yahoo in April of 2007 for its complicity in handing over the identifying information of internet users in China to Chinese authorities, resulting the individuals' arbitrary arrest, long-term detention, abuse, and torture. Two of the plaintiffs in the case -- well-known Chinese journalist Shi Tao, and pro-democracy advocate Wang Xiaoning -- are currently serving out 10-year prison sentences for having done nothing more than express their rights to free speech. Keywords: yahoo, china, internet, atca, tvpa, wang xiaoning, yu ling, shi tao, torture
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