海内外知识分子关于肖传国诉方舟子案的公开信
An Open Letter Regarding the Xiao-Fang Lawsuit from Chinese Intellectuals All Over the World
[1 august 2006, with 543 signatures at the end of the letter.]

　　最近，武汉市江汉区法院就肖传国诉搜狐爱特信信息技术(北京)有限公司、中国协和医科大学出版社、方是民损害名誉权一案作出一审判决。该判决罔顾事实、偏袒一方，令人震惊。作为始终关注这起司法机构介入学术造假案件的海内外知识分子，我们愿就此以公开信的形式向公众表达我们的意见，并表达我们对本应受到法律保护的学术打假人方舟子的支持。

Recently the first trial judgment was made at the Jianghan District Court of Wuhan City in the defamation lawsuit of Xiao Chuan-Guo against Sohu Information Technology Inc., Xiehe Medical University Press and Fang Shimin. This judgment astonished us in that it was evidently partial to the defendant while neglecting truth. Many Chinese intellectuals all over the world have peen paying attention to this lawsuit in which the court intervened an action against academic misconducts. We would like to express our opinions to the public in this open letter and also to show our support to Dr. Fang Shimin (a.k.a., Fang Zhou-zi), a well-known whistleblower against academic misconducts in China, who is supposed to be protected by law.