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Show Thursday. January 21, China imposes two-yesentence in first Internet dissentjcase ar By "The conviction of Mr. Lin is no more than a brutal act of suppression of dissent, and China will certainly be severely Associated SHANGHAI, China China extended its crackdown on dissent into cyberspace for the first time Wednesday, sentencing a software entrepreneur to two years in prison for addresses to disgiving sidents abroad. Lin Hai, 30, was convicted of subversion in a case that highlighted China's conflicting efforts to promote Internet use for business and education at the same time it is stamping out political activity. Subversion is among China's most serious crimes and is normally used against political dissidents. The conviction of Mr. Lin is no more than a brutal act of suppression of dissent, and China will certainly be severely criticized," said Albert Ho, secretary-general of the Hong Alliance for the Kong Promotion of the Democratic Movement in China. Lin, who owns a Shanghai software company, was arrested last March after he gave addresses of 30,000 Chinese computer users to "VIP Reference," a journal published on the Internet by Chinese dissidents in the United States. Reporters were not allowed in court, but a spokesman for the Shanghai People's Court who gave his name as Mr. Zhou confirmed the verdict and sentence. e A panel of the High-Lev- el three-judg- Intermediate Shanghai criticized." Albert Ho, Hong Kong Alliance for the Promotion of the Democratic Movement in China taken place in national courts. Chief Lord Justice Nicolas interjected, however, that the disagreement was not over whether national courts have jurisdiction over international crimes, but whether Pinochet, as a former foreign head of state, has including some Spaniards after he overthrew elected Marxist Salvador Allende. New by Spain say LONDON Lawyers seek- allegations also Pinochet began ordering to Gen. ing uphold Augusto torture in the, months before Pinochet's arrest argued Wednesday that torture is so his Sept. 1J, 1973, coup. "It is clearly established universally considered revoltlaw and has been international that law international ing makes it impossible for any for many decades that torture is country to credibly contend its a crime ... and all states enjoy over it," use is an internal matter. jurisdiction Greenwood, a In their third day before Christopher Britain's House of Lords, which lawyer for Britain and Spain, is deciding whether to let the told Britain's highest court. "It former Chilean dictator's arrest is simply not tenable to say stand, lawyers for Britain and today that torture falls within Spain insisted decades of legal the internal rights of a country." e Greenwood took the decisions back their position. historia Pinochet was arrested in panel through London Oct. 16 on a Spanish cal review of cases, most ariswarrant alleging he ordered ing out of armed conflict, in murders, kidnapping and tor- which outside nations were allowed to intervene. ture during his rule. The most famous cases were An official Chilean government report says 3,197 people heard in international triwere killed or disappeared at bunals, but Greenwood said the hands of his secret police many prosecutions also have By MARA D. BELLABY Court said Lin to be "punished-harshly,according to a copy of the verdict obtained by the Information Hong Center of Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China. Lin was fined $1,200 and the "the tools of his crime" were Kong-base- d I tah- - Pe Dl :...- r ed the sentencing but was not allowed to talk to her husband, and he did not speak. She and other spectators were barred from his four-hotrial week. In November, another House of Lords panel ruled against Pinochet in a 2 decision. But that ruling was vacated last month by the court, which conceded that one of the judges voting against the general had close ties with Amnesty International, the human rights group campaigning to put him on trial. If Pinochet again loses in the House of Lords, the extradition battle would begin. But if the law lords uphold the Nov. 25 High Court decision quashing his arrest, he would be free to go home. In Santiago, Pinochet's successor as army commander in chief. Gen. Ricardo Izurieta, said the army "is a hit more 3-- immunity. Pinochet's lawyers contend he does, and say his arrest is illegal. Lawyers for British and Spanish prosecutors argued that international conventions against torture and other major crimes would be meaningless if the highest officials were exempt from prosecution. They also pointed to law tri- bunals that denied blanket immunity to leaders charged with crimes in the last half-centur- 17-ye- ordered confiscated: two desktop computers, one laptop computer, a modem and a telephone. Lin's wife, Xu Hong, attend- presenting their case until next Browne-Wilkinso- n seven-judg- People's deserved DAILY HI RM I). Pimo. Lawyers claim torture a borderless crime Associated Press Writer joe Mcdonald Press Writer IN.THE this optimistic which seemed to particularly interest the law lords. Lawyers for the general probably will not begin .fr " - that time" Pinochet will return to Chile soon. "However, we cannot proclaim victory until the general is here," Izurieta said. ffvy. half-hou- r, i V . -- J i3; it . I fly. ur ' on Dec. 4. "This is the first time I've seen him since he was arrested," Xu aid. She said she would not know whether her husband would appeal until he ; ', - Lv discussed the verdict with his lawyer. China is trying to stop the flow of material from abroad, aided by the rapid Jj 'lJLL spread of Internet use. Nations negotiate toxic treaty By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer UNITED elegates NATIONS -D- than 100 from more countries gather in Kenya next week to start negotiating the first global treaty to limit 12 toxic chemicah?; '? The U.N. conference comes as environmentalists and the chemical industry are at odds over whether banning chemicals known as the "dirty dozen" should be the goal. The targeted chemicals include pesticides such as DDT and industrial chemicals such as dioxin and PCBs, which have been linked to cancer, birth defects and other genetic and developmental abnormalities. "What we're looking for is cessation of production and ultimately a cessation of use," John Buccini, chairman of the treaty's negotiating committee, said at a news conference Tuesday. But Buccini, who directs the Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch of Environment Canada, is the first to admit there are many difficult issues ahead and that even after a treaty takes effect there probably will be a black market for many of the chemicals. y The meeting in five-da- Nairobi, Kenya, which starts Monday, is the second of five scheduled U.N. negotiating sessions on persistent organic pollutants, known as POPs. A diplomatic conference in Stockholm will follow, probably in spring 2001, to adopt the convention, Buccini said. The first negotiating session in Montreal in June J998 was primarily organizational. But by the end of ..next week, Buccini said he hopes for "substantive progress" on a convention text, proposals on how to control the 12 POPs and a start to talks about enforcing the treaty. The need for technical and financial assistance to developing countries is expected to be a key issue in implementing the convention. Njoki Njehu, special advisor Greenbelt to Kenya's withwarned that Movement, includout such assistance ing bilateral aid and help from the World Bank and regional POPs development banks will not be eliminated in poorer countries. Clifton Curtis, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Global Toxics Initiative, said evidence of damage to wildlife and humans from the chemicals grows month by month and their elimination is urgently needed. Doctors: Yeltsin won't need surgery By ANNA DOLGOV Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin's President ulcer will not require surgery because drug treatment appears to be working, his doctors decided Wednesday. Yeltsin, who has been hospitalized five times since his reelection in 1996, underwent a gastroscopy Wednesday, in thread with which a a tiny eamera passed through his mouth into his stomach, allowing doctors to inspect the ulcer. . "Treatment is under way and no situations that would give cause for worry have appeared," Yeltsin's chief of staff Nikolai Bordyuzha was quoted as saving by the Interfax news agency. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said the exam showed that Yeltsin's fiber-opt- ic ; ulcer had "stopped bleeding, the inflammation and swelling of tissue stopped and initial signs of healing appeared," Russian news agencies said. Yeltsin; 67, has not been to his Kremlin office so far this year. Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov now runs most of the country's operations and is leading efforts to pull the country out its economic crisis. 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