Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China ...

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009)April 26, 201042国 思 维 中43 CHRD, “Websites Closed during the Week of Tiananmen Anniversary,” China Human Rights Briefing网May 18-31, May 31, 2009.44权 中 国 维45 CHRD, “Authorities Increase Restrictions on Internet Usage Ahead of 60th Anniversary Celebrations,”China Human Rights Briefing September 7-27, 2009, October 2, 2009.46中 国 民 声 网47 CHRD, “Authorities Close Rights-Defense Site under Pretext of ‘Anti-Pornography’ Campaign,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing December 24-28, 2009, January 4, 2010.48 www.fanfou.com49 CHRD, “Micro-blogging Site Fanfou.com Closed During Xinjiang Unrest,” China Human Rights网Briefing July 6-12 2009, July 12, 2009.50由 门 界 自51园 无52花53 CHRD, “Authorities Increase Restrictions on Internet Usage Ahead of 60th Anniversary Celebrations,”China Human Rights Briefing September 7-27, 200954 In early June, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced the requirementthat all new computers sold in China from July 1 on must have filtering software called “Green Dam YouthEscort,” which was designed to filter pornographic images and other “harmful” content. However,following widespread domestic as well as vocal international opposition due to concerns over restrictionson freedom of expression, serious technical flaws, security vulnerabilities and alleged software plagiarism,the government backed down from its original position, announcing that the software would not becompulsory. Some computer companies have gone ahead with the original plan, however, and haveincluded the software on computers sold in China. 5455 China Internet Network Information Center, “Notice Regarding the Strengthening of the Work ofInformation网Verification during Website Registration” ( ),December 14, 2009, http://news.sohu.com/20091214/n268925908.shtml强 域 名 注 册 信 息 审 核 工 作 的 公 告 56 CHRD, “One Month In, Hangzhou “Real Name” Internet Registration Regulations Abandoned,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing May 18-31, June 8, 2009.57 CHRD, “Tug of War over China’s Cyberspace A Sequel to Journey to the heart of Internet censorship,”加 步 一 进 于 关March 13, 2009.58毛 五59 CHRD, “Beijing Seeks to Recruit Ten Thousand “Volunteers” to Assist in Internet Monitoring,” China党Human Rights Briefing June 15-21, 200960 CHRD, “Fifteen Chinese Intellectuals Issue ‘Declaration of Netizens' Rights’,” China Human RightsBriefing October 8, 200961 CHRD, “Hu Xingdou Wins Milestone Lawsuit against Internet Company for Website Closure,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing May 18-31, May 31, 2009.62 CHRD, “Charges Dropped Against Blogger Held for Five Months,” China Human Rights Briefing July20-26 2009, July 29, 2009.63泥 马 之 草64 “Grass mud horse” is a homonym for "cao ni ma," which is a profanity in Chinese.65 For an explanation about how and why the phrase became a popular phrase on the internet, see forexample, People’s Daily, “China's internet phenomenon: the sudden popularity of 'Jia Junpeng',” July 22,2009.66 CHRD, Taobao.com Closes Account for Selling Xu Zhiyong Badges, China Human Rights BriefingAugust 17-23, 2009, August 26, 2009.67 CHRD, “Police Confiscate Shirts Supporting Deng Yujiao, Threaten Creators,” China Human RightsBriefing June 8-14, June 19, 2009.68 CHRD, “Nine Interrogated and Made to Shred T-shirts Critical of Government,” China Human Rights歌Briefing July 13-19 2009, July 23, 2009.69