Excerpted from The Jurist:

Shi Tao was jailed for ten
years for divulging details of a censorship order [HRIC backgrounder] to a US-based human rights group.

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For more information on this issue:

• HRIC Case Highlight:
  Shi Tao and Yahoo
• HRIC Open Letter:
  Submitted to President Bush in advance of meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao
  
• HRIC Open Letter:
  Urgent Detention Cases Submitted to President Bush
• HRIC Press Release:
  Dissident Writer Shi Tao Files for Review of Appeal Decision
• HRIC Press Release:
  Appeal Documents Expose Injustice in Shi Tao Case
• HRIC Briefing Memo:
  HRIC Urges President Bush to Raise Human Rights Concerns
• HRIC and RSF Joint Open Letter:
  To President Clinton
• HRIC Press Release:
  Clinton Urged to Raise Shi Tao Case at China Internet Summit
• China Rights Forum, No.2 2005:
  Shi Tao's Application for Appeal
• China Rights Forum, No.2 2005:
  Prisoner Profile: Shi Tao