A Chinese reporter who was jailed in 2005 after Yahoo disclosed details of his email has been released, a writer’s group announced.

A JAILED Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a US lawsuit claiming internet giant Yahoo helped the government convict dissidents, his mother said yesterday.

A jailed Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a US lawsuit claiming Yahoo helped the Chinese government convict dissidents, his mother said today.

Nearly one third of journalists now serving time in prisons around the world published their work on the internet, the second-largest category behind print journalists, the US committee to protect journalists said today.