On the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1998), the AAAS joined with the Digital Freedom Network and a coalition of 15 free speech and scientific organizations which launched an email campaign on behalf of the two jailed Chinese scientists charged with using the Internet to promote democracy.

The other organizations include:

Association for Computing Machinery
Center for Democracy and Technology
Committee of Concerned Scientists
The Committee on the International Freedom of Scientists of the American Physical Society
Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK)
Derechos Human Rights
Digital Freedom Network
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Free China Movement
Fronteras Electronicas Espaņa (FrEE)
Human Rights in China
New York Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Human Rights
Silicon Valley for Democracy in China
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