【新唐人2013年04月11日讯】H7N9禽流感疫情出现后，随着死亡病例的不断增加，民众迫切希望了解疫情的全部真相。但至今疫情的发源因素、以及中国到底有多少患者，官方至今没有对外公布。然而，民众在微博上发表疫情信息，却被当局以“散布谣言”的罪名处罚。
连日来，如何预防和控制H7N9禽流感疫情，成为中国网友关注和讨论的焦点。很多网友把知道的信息及时的发布到网路上，结果被当局以“涉嫌编造、故意传播虚假恐怖信息”罪名，给予了刑事拘留和行政处罚。
大陆媒体报导说，4月8号、9号，贵阳警方将发布“贵阳发现H7N9病毒”信息的三人抓获，并对三人处以5天到10天的行政拘留。
而在此之前，西安市一男子南某，在微博发布禽流感相关信息，被西安市公安局长安分局予以刑事拘留；另外，浙江慈溪的柳某等三人，同样被慈溪警方以散布“H7N9疫情谣言”为由，进行拘留5天。还有江苏和福建的网友也遭到处罚。
最早的H7N9禽流感死亡病例是从上海传出，但官方迟报20多天。3月，网上微博盛传“浙江杭州出现不明原因疾病传播”，当时，杭州当局很快指称微博的内容为谣言，并且拘留了发微博的网友张某。事隔不久，杭州确诊两人感染H7N9禽流感。
当局对H7N9禽流感疫情扩散的态度，以及对网友的这种处罚，引起中国民众的强烈不满。
浙江人士余先生：“它以这个名义，它任何事情都可以给戴个帽子。如果连这种评论都是散布谣言的话，那不是说人家说话的自由都没有了。”
北京律师江天勇表示，网友发布出来的信息对大家有警示作用，当局把这种所谓“谣言散播者”抓起来，完全是一种打击言论自由的行为。
北京律师江天勇：“如果说一个人说这样的信息，说是谣言就要被抓起来，那官方得有多少人被抓？央视、人民日报、新华网公布了多少虚假信息，这种以国家的传播力，动用行政资源、动用国家财力去散布的谣言岂不危害更大？可是我们没有见到去把这个官方的谣言的散播者或者机构进行处罚。”
上海名为“厄运天使”的网友，7号深夜在微博上说：“大家注意了！瑞金医院发生重大误诊！”导致他的姑父禽流感引发重症肺炎死亡。他说，他的姑父4月3 号因发烧到瑞金医院就诊，确诊为肺炎。开了三天肺炎的头孢（抗菌药），结果7号晚间8点去世！去世前，医院拍胸片确诊为重症肺炎。但医院声称未确诊为H7N9禽流感感染者。
这篇微博随后遭到删除。之后，上海官方公布瑞金医院确诊H7N9禽流感死亡病例一例，正是这名网友的姑父。
上海市民郭先生：“它们就是什么事情都不敢讲真相。隐瞒的目地就是所谓维护表面的繁荣安定、太平，太平盛世。其实老百姓心中都充满怨气，就是打压这些所谓网友，有些网友并不是无事生非，有些事情就是通过他们才能得到真相，但是我们政府不管，就说是造谣，拘留，老百姓很无奈的。”
目前，已经确定上海、浙江、江苏、安徽、贵州、湖南、湖北等地出现H7N9禽流感死亡和疑似病例。随着H7N9禽流感个案持续增加，香港首次公布9宗疑似个案，虽然通过快速测试，确定不是H7N9感染个案，但多位香港立法会议员质疑：大陆向香港通报疫情的机制不可靠，可能会造成港人错判形势，重演03年萨斯疫情爆发时的严重失误。
美国疫苗专家林晓旭也对《新唐人》表示，大众应该做好疫情已经扩散或将要扩散的准备。
采访编辑/唐睿 后制/黎安安
Chinese Netizens Detained for Reporting H7N9
As H7N9 bird flu causes increasing deaths in Mainland
China, people are eager to learn the truth about the epidemic.
Chinese authorities, however, have not announced the cause
of the epidemic or the total number of infected cases.
When some Chinese netizens released information about
the epidemic on weibo, they are punished for “spreading rumors."
Over past days, netizens all over China have been concerned
about the prevention and control of H7N9 avian flu.
Some netizens published timely information
about the flu on the Internet.
As a result, they are arrested and punished by
Chinese authorities for “deliberately fabricating and spreading terrorist news.”
Mainland media reported that on April 8 and 9,
Guiyang police arrested three netizens who published
online news about “H7N9 in Guiyang."
They received 5-10 days administrative detention.
Prior to this, some Mr. Nan in Xi’an city was detained
by police for releasing avian flu information on weibo.
Mr. Liu and another two people in Cixi of Zhejiang
were detained by police for the same reason.
So were netizens in Jiangsu and Fujian.
The earliest death report of H7N9 avian flu came from
Shanghai, but the official report was delayed for over 20 days.
In March, news spread widely online that an “unidentified
disease spread in Hangzhou of Zhejiang.”
Hangzhou authorities soon alleged the weibo news
as rumor and detained the netizen Mr. Zhang.
Soon later, Hangzhou authorities confirmed
two deaths from H7N9.
Chinese authorities’s control of H7N9 and its attitude toward
Internet information about the flu triggered strong dissatisfaction.
Mr. Yu from Zhejiang Province: “They
[Chinese authorities] can label anything as rumor.
If releasing such information counts as spreading rumor,
are people still free to talk at all?"
Beijing lawyer Jiang Tianyong said Internet
information provides warnings to the public.
When Chinese authorities arrest those who release
such news, they are suppressing freedom of speech.
Jiang Tianyong: “If someone releasing such news should be
arrested, how many official media workers should be arrested?
How many false news have been published by CCTV,
People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, etc.?
Isn’t it more dangerous to spread rumor
through the national and official channels?
We have never seen the punishment of official
media workers who release and spread rumors."
April 7th late night, Shanghai netizen named
“Doomed Angel" said on weibo:
“Attention! Serious misdiagnosis in Ruijin Hospital
incurred my uncle’s death!"
He said his uncle visited Ruijin Hospital
on April 3rd for a fever.
The doctor diagnosed it to be pneumonia and
gave him antibacterial drugs for three days.
His uncle died at 8 p.m. on April 7th.
X-ray examination before his death shows him
to have died of severe pneumonia.
The hospital denied that he died from H7N9.
This weibo post was subsequently deleted.
Soon after, Shanghai authorities announced
a H7N9 death in Ruijin Hospital.
The victim proved to be the netizen’s uncle.
Shanghai Residents Mr. Guo: “They [Chinese authorities]
are always afraid to tell the truth.
They conceal the truth so as to maintain
so-called prosperity and stability.
In fact, the people are full of grievances.
They know only to suppress those netizens.
The netizens are not making things up.
Instead, they are often the sources of truth.
But our government simply label their information
as rumors and detain them.
Chinese people really feel helpless."
Currently, H7N9 has caused deaths and suspected
infections in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, etc.
As the number of H7N9 cases continue to rise,
Hong Kong announced nine suspected cases, all to be denied after quick tests.
Members of Hong Kong Legislative Council questioned
the authenticity of H7N9 reports from Mainland China.
They are afraid that such false information might
lead HK people to misjudge the situation and repeat the disaster of 2003 SARS.
U.S. vaccine expert Lin Xiaoxu told NTD that the public
should prepare for immanent dissemination of the epidemic.
