9-29-2005

人權觀察促中國取消網路限制 (Human Rights Watch Urges Repeal of China Internet Regulations)

設在紐約的人權觀察說，中國應當取消新頒布的試圖讓政府完全控制互聯網的規定。這個人權組織在一份聲明中稱，北京利用模糊的“國家安全”和“社會秩序”的說法，來防止公民社會機制的壯大。

中國的新規定要求互聯網的新聞網站和網上內容必須提供對公眾和國家有益的資訊。規定禁止傳播它所稱的有違中國安全和公共利益的消息，網站不能煽動非法集會、遊行或示威。

中國當局嚴密監視互聯網上的內容，會查封任何當局認為不適當的網站。中國還要求人們登記他們的網站和博客站。

New York-based Human Rights Watch says China should repeal new regulations aimed at what the group calls complete government control of the Internet. In a statement, the rights watchdog says Beijing is invoking vague terms such as "national security" or "social order" to prevent the strengthening of civil society mechanisms.

China's new regulations say Internet news sites and content must provide information that is beneficial to the public and state. They forbid sites from spreading news that goes against what is called China's security and public interest. The rules also say sites cannot instigate illegal rallies, marches or demonstrations.

Chinese authorities closely monitor Internet content and remove sites they believe are inappropriate. China also requires people to register their web sites and blogs.

中國驅逐因DVD盜版被判刑美公民出境 (China Expels Convicted American DVD Pirate)

中國將被判違法通過互聯網銷售盜版電影和音樂光碟的兩名美國公民之一驅逐出境。中國官方的新華社報導，顧然地星期四被移交給美國警方。

美國大使館發言人證實，顧然地(Randolph Hobson Guthrie)已經被送上前往美國的飛機，但是沒有提供其他詳情。顧然地以及另外一名美國公民今年4月在上海因從事非法經營活動而被定罪，據稱他們銷售了18萬張盜版DVD。

顧然地被判處兩年半監禁，並被罰款6萬美元。另一名美國公民庫迪.思拉什被判處一年監禁和一千兩百美元的罰款。目前不清楚思拉什是否也會被驅逐回美國。

China has expelled one of two U.S. citizens convicted of selling pirated movie and music discs on the Internet. China's state news agency Xinhua says Randolph Hobson Guthrie was handed over to the U.S. police Thursday.

A U.S. embassy spokesman confirmed Guthrie was put on a plane to the United States, but gave no other details. Guthrie was one of two Americans convicted in April in Shanghai for running an operation that allegedly sold 180-thousand illegally copied DVDs.

He was sentenced to up to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay a 60,000-dollar fine. Fellow American Cody Thrush received one year in jail and a 12-hundred-dollar fine. It was not clear if he would also be sent to the United States.