Free Shi Tao: Imprisoned for sending an email


Shi Tao is a freelance journalist and poet jailed for 10 years after he sent an email to an international colleague. Amnesty International recognizes Shi Tao as a prisoner of conscience, jailed solely for exercising his fundamental freedom of expression.


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Shi Tao is one of more than a dozen persons of concern that Amnesty International is highlighting in Write for Rights, the global letter-writing marathon held to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10th.
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