Jailed Reporter Wins Press Freedom Award

AP Online | November 28, 2006 | Copyright

KIEV, Ukraine - A Chinese journalist serving a 10-year jail sentence for allegedly leaking state secrets has been awarded a press freedom prize, the World Association of Newspapers said Tuesday.

The association awarded its annual Golden Pen of Freedom honor to Shi Tao, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, who was sentenced under state secrecy laws to 10 years in prison in 2005 for allegedly providing state secrets to foreigners.

His conviction stemmed from an e-mail he sent containing his notes on a government circular that spelled out restrictions on ...

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