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NUJ urges Yahoo! boycott

The National Union of Journalists is calling on its 40,000 members to boycott
Yahoo! for allegations that it helped the Chinese government to identify and
prosecute journalists and pro-democracy writers.
In a letter to Yahoo! Europe's vice president, Dominique Vidal, the union's
new media council said that NUJ members have been unanimous in their
condemnation of the internet service provider and portal.

"The Chinese government has an atrocious record of censorship and free
expression and it is essential that the rest of the world publicly objects to
and campaigns against this repressive regime," said Jeremy Dear, the general
secretary of the NUJ.

"The NUJ regards Yahoo!'s actions as a completely unacceptable endorsement of
the Chinese authorities. As a result, the NUJ will be cancelling all Yahoo!-
operated services and advising all members to boycott Yahoo! until the
company changes its irresponsible and unethical policy," Mr Dear added.

NUJ members are being advised to contact the union's new media council for
advice on alternative email, group forum and portal services they can use.

Yahoo! has been under fire for several months from human rights groups over
allegations that it had provided the Chinese government with information
which led to the prosecution of journalists and pro-democracy writers.

Reporters Sans Frontières claimed in February that recently translated court
documents showed Yahoo! helped the Chinese authorities to identify a
dissident, Li Zhi, through his email address and user name.

In December 2003, Li was sentenced to eight years in prison for "inciting
subversion" after posting online essays detailing cases of corruption among
local government officials and cadres. Yahoo! said it had no knowledge of the
case.

Last September, human rights groups claimed Yahoo! provided data that led to
a 10-year jail term for a journalist, Shi Tao.

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So, did they or didn't they?

[russh]

Of course they did. Commerce, in this case what will for sure be the biggest
market in the world, is much more important than human rights!

[usenetposts]

russh napisał:

> Of course they did. Commerce, in this case what will for sure be the biggest
> market in the world, is much more important than human rights!

Yeah. Most Companies put commerce over human rights. The real question is
whether a media company is ethically bound or not.

If a hospital ran roughshod over human rights, we would be pleased if the
doctors protested. By the same token, I'm pleased to see the journalists
protest here.

[russh]

> Yeah. Most Companies put commerce over human rights. The real question is
> whether a media company is ethically bound or not.

I'm cynical enough in my old age to believe that there are very few companies
that are truly ethically bound to anything apart from short term profits.

[bartis_ervin]

A couple of months ago I switched from Yahoo to Google. However, I don't think
that one is better than the other.

Russ, I agree with you.

Ervin

Thebartiski.blogspot.com

[sobieski010]

A good example is the sale of the Body Shop to L'Oreal.
Wasn't Roddick supposed to be an idealist? Not motivated by capitalist reason?

[bartis_ervin]

Maybe he is still an idealist and will donate the money to fight cancer, AIDS.
Everything is possible!

One week ago my wife had to buy a dress for a wedding party. We spent some time
in shops, eventally she reached a decision. The shop assistant was already
packing the dress when my wife noticed that the dress was made in China, so she
said let's do a rewind. The shop assistant couldn't believe for a while and then
she said that if my wife lives up to her principles, soon she'll be walking
around without clothes.

Thebartiski.blogspot.com

[ja_karola]

russh napisał:

> Of course they did. Commerce, in this case what will for sure be the biggest
> market in the world, is much more important than human rights!


Was it ever any different? I mean really... it took WWII for the concept of
human rights to come to light.

Check this out: www.economichitman.com/


There are no "hard feelings" in business, sad to say.