China: Internet censorship on trial, day two · Global Voices
John Kennedy

Is publicly notarized proof that your internet service provider has blocked your company website strong enough to seek damages? Just a week after National Legal System Propaganda Day, Shanghai-based IT blogger Du “Yetaai” Dongjin will have his second day in court where it is expected the defendant, China Telecom, will continue to challenge Du's evidence: courtroom 12, 5/F, #1 Intermediate People's Court at #1200 Hongqiao Rd., Shanghai, 1:45pm on December 11, 2007.
In a Dec. 2 post, Du writes on his Blogspot blog Very Beginner (also blocked):
公民杜冬劲于今年四月二十八日起诉上海电信违反服务协议。而原告的初衷，反对黑箱式监管互联网，带有强烈的宪法诉讼意愿。其在声明中说，结合上海市浦东新区法院的一审判决书和其中列举的证据,我们认为原告所列事实准确，所诉合情合理。根据我们日常的上网经验，我们也确认很多网站的访问在国内受到了无端禁止。然而，即便明知某个网站没有违反中华人民共和国法律，也无法通知有关部门承担责任，改正错误。杜冬劲在本讼中列举的证据，充分证明上海电信参与了监管这些网站的行为。中国电信全资拥有上海电信，结合我们分布各省的事实，中国电信难辞其绺。
进一步，我们认为，无论上海电信在这个是否违约，上海电信及相关网络监管部门的网络监管行为违反了中华人民共和国宪法。而上海电信对于原告故障保修的回答，“非回复性原因”，更是对于公民道权（权利）的极端漠视。鉴于目前没有成熟的宪法诉讼流程，我们特对于全国人民代表大会，进行如下违宪审查的呼吁，希望有人民代表能提起相关议案，为中国社会的进步做出自己的一份贡献。
Recently, Du has been calling on readers to join him in a class action lawsuit, emphasizing the relatively simple procedure involved:
非常希望更过律师或能法律专业人士加入本讼二审的联合辩护团，但不限于法律专业人士。二审开庭日期请见本文最后一段。希望本讼能成为中国宪法诉讼中的一个重要案件和公开舞台。基于此种想法，我，原告杜冬劲，和本讼目前律师，李立，共同邀请各位专业朋友报名。拟再邀请主讼律师一名（需要参加二审开庭），联合辩护团成员数目最多五名（签名即可）。请发送电子邮件和本人联系。
无论是否法律专业人士，只要您是地球人，能够读懂本文，如果您愿意通过真名签名表示支持，请打印诉讼介绍一节，签上您的名字和日期，扫描后发送电子邮件给本人，也欢迎您发送照片和简介介绍您自己。所有图片本人将汇集后刻成光盘出版。同时欢迎博客和媒体朋友通过各种方式转载，报道。
本人电子邮件，yetaai at gmail dot comg 去掉最后的字母g。
Being a legal professional is not relevant, one need only be of this earth and able to understand the legal text. If you are indeed willing to sign in your real name and express your support, please print out the case summary, sign your name and the date, scan it in and e-mail it to me. You're also welcome to send a photo and brief introduction of yourself. All images will collected by myself and burnt onto a CD-ROM to be released. At the same time, all blogger and media friends are welcome to pass on and report this news on in any way they see fit.
My e-mail is ‘yetaai at gmail dot comg’ but drop the last g.
An anonymous comment left Dec. 3 on that post reads:
楼上的说的对，你是先驱者，至于现阶段能否真正废除网络管制，我不太乐观，但是随着民众渐渐地觉醒，这个政策早晚流产。
It remains to be blogged whether Du has found the five co-complainants he seeks, but in the meantime supportive news of his cause continues to spread, as well as resonate with other blocked bloggers:
我在Blogspot坚持了几年没有换岗,可是这个哥们(告杜冬劲)比我更执着, 不敢坚持,还一纸把上海电信公司告上了法庭,法院判决结果不管怎么样,支持一下这个哥们:
And even inspire:
事情的原委就是杜冬劲不满GFW及中国电信随意封锁网站。在上海对这些变态提起诉讼。
具体事情的原委及如何支持他欢迎移步杜冬劲的博客http://yetaai.blogspot.com/。
还有一点，希望大家广泛宣传此事件，让更多人知道和关注！
另外本人在信产部对中国联通封锁WAP网站的投诉已经成功，联通承诺将进行整改。