Yahoo and MSN helping to root out Tibetan rioters

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The 'most wanted' on Yahoo's homepage this morning

Yahoo! China pasted a "most wanted" poster across its homepage today in aid of the police's witch-hunt for 24 Tibetans accused of taking part in the recent riots. MSN China made the same move, although it didn't go as far as publishing the list on its homepage.

UPDATE 1 : We spotted these photos on MSN and Yahoo! on March 21st at 3.30pm (Beijing time). This article was published at 5pm. The photos have been removed from the portals between 8pm and 10pm.

UPDATE 2 (24.03.08 / 10.15am Paris time) : Following this report, Yahoo! sent us the following statement :"Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet." In this statement, Yahoo! says that the parent company Yahoo Inc did not publish these images. The company does not deny that Yahoo! China has published the "wanted" posters. This is a common line of defence by Yahoo!, which tries to put the entire responsibility of its Chinese operations on its Chinese partner Alibaba. See bellow a printscreen of the Yahoo! China (cn.yahoo.com) home page on March 21st.

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The "most wanted" poster has been published on several Chinese portals like Sina.com and news.qq.com. It reads "The Chinese police have issued a warrant for the arrest of suspected rioters in Tibet" and provides a phone number for informants to use in total anonymity. Along with the text are photos of Tibetans taken during the riots. Of the 24 on the list, two have already been caught.

Yahoo!'s human rights values have been under fire since it was revealed that the company helped the Chinese police in its inquiry over the journalist Shi Tao, who had an email account with Yahoo. He was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2005 for "divulging state secrets". After that case, it was also found out that Yahoo had provided evidence against at least three other Chinese dissidents. Following the allegations, the company had to offer an explanation to the American congress. It defended itself by explaining that the management of its operational arm in China had been delegated to Alibaba.

China, which has blocked access to YouTube since the beginning of the riots, is known for having a sophisticated censorship system when it comes to the internet. This event shows that the Chinese authorities are also using the web to root out their opponents, and once again,with the help of a foreign company.

Photos of the rioters posted on Yahoo. We blurred out the faces of the rioters to protect their identities. Originally they were not blurred out.

 

on MSN

 

and on Sina.com

The full Yahoo! China home page on March 21st

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Yahoo! should have left the

Yahoo! should have left the most wanted pictures up.

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interesting pic showing Chinese Mil donning Tibetan Monk's robes

interesting pic showing Chinese Military donning Tibetan Monk's robes before going on to riot n cause trouble disguised as monks.....circulate this pic please

http://img338.rockyou.com/imagehost/9/9475/9475928/9475928_a6f6ad2512073...

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The uniform worn by the

The uniform worn by the police were used more than 10 years ago. The picture has been verified in China that the officers were called to play movie extras as Tibetan monks more than 10 years ago.

This is today's uniform.

http://russian.china.org.cn/english/GS-e/217862.htm

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Validate

Don't circulate before you have confirmation on the pics source. What if it is taken out of context? I don't think the Chinese authorities are angels, but you should not believe everything you see. Validate, and then publish. Then it is a real item.

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Canada Free Press [Friday,

Canada Free Press [Friday, March 21, 2008 10:20]

Brit spies confirm Dalai Lama's report of staged violence

By Gordon Thomas

London, March 20 - Britain's GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured.

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The Chinese are torturing

The Chinese are torturing the Tibetans they arrest.

But the west has no backbone.

MSN even bans the word "Tibet" from hotmail and live.com email address. You can make an address that says shit_666@live.com but you cant make any address that uses the word "Tibet"

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right, but they cant stop everything

they stop hyphenated versions like tib-et, but not underscores.

I am able to register: free__ti_bet@hotmail.com

Looks like they are censoring us too, which makes no sense whatsoever

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Your propaganda doesn`t work

Shame on you for even posting such crap-I don`t see any Monks on your pictures you idiot!!! If they where killing my friends my people I would react too--wouldn`t you??

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Monks

Why are you refering to "monks"? We said that Yahoo! published the photos of "wanted" tibetan rioters. Which is a fact, isn't it?

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facists! Shame on you Yahoo, Why do you hurt freedom fighters?

Dont you have enough billions in your pockets?

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