Shi Tao

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Designation:Journalist, Literary writer, Poet
Country:China
Region:Asia-Pacific
Gender:Male
Status:Released

In 2005, Shi was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking a Communist Party document to an overseas Chinese website over Yahoo email. Yahoo was criticized by the U.S. for aiding the Chinese government. Shi was released in August 2013.