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Case highlights China’s grip on Web PERSECUTION: Two coders had created an online archive that stored articles that had been scrubbed from the Chinese Internet, especially those on the COVID-19 pandemic AP, BEIJING Two amateur computer coders yesterday pleaded guilty to “stirring up trouble and picking quarrels” in a case that highlighted a growing Chinese government crackdown on online activity. Chen Mei (陳玫), 28, and Cai Wei (蔡偉), 27, created an online archive that stored articles that had been censored from the Chinese Internet, and an accompanying forum that allowed people to discuss them anonymously. In court, prosecutors zeroed in on 2049bbs, the forum accompanying the archive. ....
AP Two Chinese activists who kept an online repository of banned articles on the coronavirus pandemic stood trial in Beijing on Tuesday, while a journalist was attacked by unidentified thugs in Hong Kong. Chen Mei and Cai Wei stood trial at the Chaoyang District People s Court in Beijing, on charges of picking quarrels and stirring up trouble, a charge frequently used to target peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to Chen Mei s brother, Chen Kun, their mother and Cai Wei s father were allowed to attend the trial, which lasted around 100 minutes. The pair were accused in the indictment of posting around 600 articles to their Terminus2049 page on Github, creating a repository of censored and deleted articles about the early weeks of the pandemic in China, according to the indictment against them. ....
The case was tried at Wenyuhe People’s Court in the northeastern outskirts of Beijing. The court said sentencing would come at a later date. The charge “stirring up trouble and picking quarrels” is a catch-all charge often used for politically sensitive cases. Chen’s mother, who travelled from northwestern Shaanxi province to attend the hearing, said her son wore a full-body medical protective suit and had his hands cuffed and feet shackled. She could tell which one was her son, as he is shorter than Cai, but was unable to make eye contact. The only time her son spoke was to plead guilty, she said. ....
Chinese activists who posted censored Covid-19 articles face court Cai Wei and Chen Mei await verdict after they were tried in Beijing on Tuesday after more than a year in detention Supporters gave flowers symbolising freedom and justice to the families of the men, who used GitHub to save banned stories ....
Two amateur computer coders on trial as China enforces online censorship amid pandemic Authorities have not said why they were arrested, friends and relatives believe it was because the two men had set up an online archive to store articles deleted by censors Share Via Email | A+A A- Two amateur computer coders, Cai Wei, 27, and Chen Mei, 28 were taken by police from their Beijing homes last year are standing trial on Tuesday (Photo | AP) By Associated Press TAIPEI: Two amateur computer coders taken by police from their Beijing homes last year were standing trial Tuesday in a case that illustrates the Chinese government s growing online censorship and heightened sensitivity to any deviation from the official narrative on its COVID-19 response. ....