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Chinese censorship and journalist prisoner


Shitaoprotestor Today is an Amnesty International rallying day for human rights.  I found out about it through a Facebook promotion: Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.  The topic that I, as a blogger, would like to highlight is the continued censorship in China, particularly internet censorship.  The filtering, blocking, and state monitoring of ideas is offensive to me as a librarian, and if you feel the same way then you may want to read about the imprisonment of Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist


Amnesty International provides an online action center where you can express your opinion on human rights issues to government officials and other people in positions of power.