21/03/2008 > CHINA
Yahoo and MSN helping to root out Tibetan rioters
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.
The contributors
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
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...
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.
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"
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??
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?
facists! Shame on you Yahoo, Why do you hurt freedom fighters?
Dont you have enough billions in your pockets?
Yahoo complicit in Chinese human rights violations
Yahoo & MSN should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Once again they are complicit in Chinese human rights violations. Tibetans are being rounded-up by Chinese military & Gestapo indiscriminately. Those who have been photographed by Chinese security cameras are targeted for engaging in free expression of their ideas in violation of int'l law. Suspects are denied due process of law. Does anyone think Tibetan protestors will be given a fair trial, a right to a lawyer or any reasonable due process? No these are kangeroo courts used to suppress dissent. The mass Tibetan protests, acknowledged even by China, blows the lid off PRC propaganda & proves to the world we Tibetans want freedom from Chinese colonialism.
"engaging in free expression
"engaging in free expression of their ideas in violation of int'l law"
???
don't you think they can express themselves without setting fire to everything they see and without killing innocent people?
shame on you
Yahoo, China & Tibet
I hope that Yahoo is proud of itself. They know that pleasing China's government will profit them. I wish that China would leave Tibet for good.
This is just silly.
This is just silly.
Arash Kamangir, What is just
Arash Kamangir,
What is just silly?
The fact that businesses
The fact that businesses like Yahoo! aide totalitarian regimes in order to pursue their greed.
Truth
Truth is always truth, no matter what human suppose.
What you saw may cheat you, more less what you have no see.
What is the different
What is the different between Yahoo aiding authority to find criminals vs US networks posting picture of criminals on their news show?
Irregardless of the cause they are fighting for, these violent protesters burned down shops will people trapped inside killing Hans and Tibetan alike. They are criminals. The cause they fighting for doesn't give them the right to attack and kill innocence bystanders. Just as the West condemned terrorist attack, so too should they condemned the action of these rioters.
Irregardless isn't a word,
Irregardless isn't a word, just so you know. It's just 'regardless.'
The term "criminal" must be
The term "criminal" must be used cautiously. While I do not approve of killing people for any cause, how much "legitimate" it is, I do not call someone fighting a totalitarian regime a "criminal".
Fighting a totalitarian
Fighting a totalitarian regime? Are those civilians and bystanders guilty of the title you just label them? Or are you just finding ridiculous excuses to justify these violence, because you support their "cause"?
Innocent people are killed, not just Hans, Hui Muslims, and even Tibetans who try to save a few Hans. Look at the reports of James Miles, and even many accounts of foreign tourist. Killings are taking place. Innocent Civilians.
You sir, is no better than the totalitarian regime you despise.
I would tend to think that
I would tend to think that anyone who's family was moved into Tibet after 1950 by the PRC government, and who willingly stays within Tibet, has chosen to side with the oppressor. I'm Irish, we tend to recognize that when you want freedom from a foreign oppressor, some heads need to be cracked.
May I ask you to read my
May I ask you to read my previous comment again?
The term "criminal" must be used cautiously. While I do not approve of killing people for any cause, how much "legitimate" it is, I do not call someone fighting a totalitarian regime a "criminal".
what do you mean by not
what do you mean by not approve? what do you mean by it's OK commit crime in other regime? It's OK to be lawless in non-democratic countries??
Got it all mixed up, dude.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/688/thug1uo8.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4644/thug2xb5.jpg
thugs attacking innocent folks
I am just saying, let's use
I am just asking for caution when using sensitive terms.
The fact is there is nothing
The fact is there is nothing silly about it.
Fine i accept your reasoning that term criminal should be used carefully. But the fact still is there is nothing silly to try to seek criminals who have hurt, killed, destroyed, loot, etc. SOme of those pictures shows criminals in action already.
Fact two the western media have been extreme bias towards China, and many have already abuse their so call freedom to crop picture of violent Tibetans in their reporting. The so call free press with the exception of few (notably the LA Times, which has presented a very fair picture of the events, showing the violence, telling how some tibetans are trying to save the Hans, etc)doesnt really have the moral high ground to act superior over their Chinese counterparts. The Chinese Media really have no choice, the western media has yet they abuse it.
So in the end, there is nothing silly about what the Chinese government is doing. The only thing Silly is the west who thinks the Chinese are being horribly brainwashed, are just as brainwashed if not even worse. Propaganda COMES 2 WAYS.
And how much do you earn for your propaganda?
BChung... how much does Beijing pay you to post the comments you do on sites like this?
"witch-hunt"? Plenty of evidence
Call it a "witch-hunt" if you like, but we've all seen the burning, looting, stoning of innocent people.
Innocent?
From what have seen, there is an uprising of Tibetan people within the borders of Tibet. Most of the dead are ethnic Tibetans, and the only damage cause by the uprising has been against ethnic Han Chinese who have been relocated there by the PRC government against the will of the Tibetan people. As an American born Irishman, I can completely understand this, as it parallels the Irish experience so well. Well, aside from the fact that the Irish cause has never had someone like the Dali Lama calling upon his people to peacefully strive for something less than independence. No, our people would see anyone allied with the oppressor as fair game.
Really? Have we seen such
Really? Have we seen such images. We've only been TOLD this by the authorities, but the authorities have barred journalists from entering the area, so claims from both sides are difficult to verify.
Well China claimed they did
Well China claimed they did nto shoot anyone. The Tibetans came up with proof the Chinese were lying, the Chinese then admitted that yeah, they shot some people. So it seems that the Chinese are the ones we dont trust.
Ever heard of Google or
Ever heard of Google or YouTube?
Their minds are closed
It is far too early to assess how the Chinese government handled the riots. We have documentary and eye witness evidence that many people were killed by the rioters, including the 5 sisters being burned alive in their store. And the same where the police killed 4 ethnic tibetans in Gansu (where I was riased). The chinese government's reflesive news blackout is not helping. The truth will come out in a few weeks.
However, with this gentleman with the low IQ, his mind is already closed. He is not going to change it based on the evidence of how well (or badly) the chinese government is handling this. At times like this, we are all Chinese (remember after 9/11 - we were all Americans). And it is still not too late for us to be Proud of being so if it emerges that the Chinese government had handled this appropriately and with restraints.
As for the documented criminals, Yes Criminals, they should be on trial and in jail if convicted. You know what, the same for the criminals on the government side if any is found so.
But the Chinese incited it
Recent intelligence reports indicate that the Tibetan uprising was incited by Chinese agents provocateurs posing as Tibetan monks.
China incited this incident in order to eliminate any potential uprisings closer to the time of the Olympics.