Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist and poet, logged onto his computer and sent an email. Eight months later, he was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in jail. Click here to demand his release.

In April 2004, Shi Tao sent an email to a U.S.-based pro-democracy website. In his email, he summarized a government order directing media organizations in China to downplay the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Police arrested him and charged him with "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities." Authorities used email account holder information supplied by Yahoo! to convict and sentence him to 10 years in prison, where he is laboring in harsh conditions and has inadequate access to medical care.

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