Huang Qi awarded 2004 Cyberfreedom Prize
23 June 2004 - Reporters Without Borders on 22 June awarded its 2004 Cyberfreedom Prize to Huang Qi, who has been imprisoned for four years for criticising the Chinese government on his Internet site. The international press freedom organisation also released its report 'Internet Under Surveillance 2004' - full version available online - that monitors press freedom on the Internet in nearly 60 countries. [more]

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N.KOREAN DEFECTOR TO GIVE BIRTH ALONE IN CHINA [RFA]

A heavily pregnant North Korean woman whose husband was forcibly repatriated from China's border area of Yanbian has told RFA's Korean service that she expects to give birth to the couple's child any day now alone and unaided, rather than risk punishment if she is sent back. Park Eun-ok, 24, whose baby is due Thursday or Friday, said she was freed by Chinese security guards who took pity on her after being arrested with a large group of North Korean defectors, including her husband, in March. [more]

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