Yahoo! 对美国国会说谎
   Verizon泄漏用户信息给美国国内监听项目
   以及与Yahoo!人权诉讼案有关的第一次听证会
   11月1日在加州Oakland举行
   

   最新发布：
   英文请联络: Morton Sklar 或 Theresa Harris
   (202) 296-5702 or email at: msklar@humanrightsusa.org
   中文请联络: 蒋品超或陈师众
   (626)416-8178 or email at: wuhan1010@hotmail.com
   
   主讲人: Morton Sklar律师 (师涛, 王小宁起诉雅虎案原告律师)
   主持人: 陈师众博士 (六四文化传播协会理事)
   时间: 3:00pm-6:00pm, Oct 28, 2007
   地点: Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
   318 S. Ramona Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754-3399
   
   全球关注的师涛王小宁起诉雅虎一案在联邦法官Claudia Wilkin二月份将举行的听证会之前将于11月1日在加州Oakland举行第一次法庭听证会.这次听证会并可能会涉及有关Yahoo!掩盖其配合中国政府泄漏网络用户私人资料行为的听证，以及Verizon和其它美国通讯公司泄漏网络用户私人资料给美国国内监听的行为。
   
   Cong. Tom Lantos本月16日宣布议会的外交事务委员会将在11月6 日针对Yahoo! 于2006年二月提供给国会的“不诚实”证词举行听证会。在该次听证会中Yahoo!曾称“它不知道该调查的任何事情” 。而它提供用户的资料给中国政府曾导致许多人例如师涛和其他人权民主人士被捕，且遭受长时间的监禁和酷刑。
   
   另据报道，美国通讯公司如Verizon等也在美国国内监听项目中不适当的将用户的个人资料泄漏给了美国执法部门。
   
   这两个案件都将在11月1日于加州Oakland举行听证会。Yahoo!试图豁免责任，它认为自己是被迫提供网络用户的资料给中国的执法部门。而它的行为与美国通讯公司泄漏用户个人信息给美国国家安全部门是同样的性质。因此，起诉Yahoo!案中师涛和其他原告将要引用国会本次听证会其中包括Verizon泄漏信息一案的内容来支持他们诉讼Yahoo!泄漏有关信息与资料，以及与中国当权者配合的行为。
   
   Morton Sklar
   Executive Director
   
   World Organization for Human Rights USA
   (new name for World Organization Against Torture USA)
   US Affiliate of the World Organization Against Torture
   International Network
   2029 P Street, NW Suite 301
   Washington, DC 20036
   Tel. (202) 296-5702
   Fax (202) 296-5704
   
   Pinchao Jiang
   Executive Director
   
   June Fourth Culture & Heritage Association
   924 East Main Street # 203
   Alhambra, CA 91801
   Tel. (626)416-8178
   Fax. (626)284-8955
   
   Yahoo!’s Lies to Congress, Verizon’s
   Illegal Disclosures of User information in U.S.
   Domestic Surveillance Program, Linked to First Hearing
   In Yahoo! Human Rights Lawsuit on Nov. 1 in Oakland, CA
   
   For Immediate Release
   Contact in English: Morton Sklar or Theresa Harris
   (202) 296-5702 or email at: msklar@humanrightsusa.org
   Contact in Chinese: Pinchao Jiang or Shizhong Chen
   (626)416-8178 or email at: wuhan1010@hotmail.com
   
   Speaker: Morton Sklar
   Presenter: Dr. Shizhong Cheng
   Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm, Oct 28, 2007
   Address: Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
   318 S. Ramona Ave. Monterey Park, CA 91754-3399
   
   On November 1 the first court hearing in the Yahoo! case will be taking place before Federal Judge Claudia Wilkin in Oakland, and is likely to consider recent developments regarding the allegation that Yahoo! lied to Congress to cover up its role in providing Internet user identifying information to Chinese officials, and related unlawful disclosures by Verizon and other U.S. telecommunications companies in connection with the domestic surveillance program.
   
   Cong. Tom Lantos announced on October 16, 2007 that his House Foreign Affairs Committee would hold hearings on November 6 on allegedly “untruthful testimony” that Yahoo! provided to Congress in February, 2006, that it “knew nothing about the nature of the investigation” by Chinese authorities that resulted in their providing user contact information that resulted in a number of arbitrary arrests, long-term imprisonments and torture of journalists like Shi Tao and human rights and democracy advocates in China.
   
   It also was reported on Oct 16 that U.S. telecommunications companies unlawfully and inappropriately revealed user information to U.S. law enforcement authorities in “hundreds of cases” under the domestic surveillance program.
   
   Both these developments are likely to be considered at the first court hearing in the Yahoo! case taking place on Nov. 1 in California. Yahoo! is seeking dismissal of the case based on the theory that it was compelled to provide the internet user information to Chinese law enforcement officials, the same type of justification used by U.S. companies for explaining why they illegally gave the National Security Agency U.S. user information without the required court documents. Shi Tao and the other Plaintiffs in the Yahoo! case will be citing the Congressional hearings and the Verizon revelations in support of their request that the court authorize discovery that would reveal more about the actual nature and extent of Yahoo!’s cooperation with Chinese authorities.
   
   Morton Sklar
   Executive Director
   
   World Organization for Human Rights USA
   (new name for World Organization Against Torture USA)
   US Affiliate of the World Organization Against Torture
   International Network
   2029 P Street, NW Suite 301
   Washington, DC 20036
   Tel. (202) 296-5702
   Fax (202) 296-5704
   
   Pinchao Jiang
   Executive Director
   
   June Fourth Culture & Heritage Association
   924 E Main St # 203
   Alhambra, CA 91801
   Tel. (626)416-8178
   Fax. (626)284-8955

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