One comment to polik, a lot of your translation 是意译，直译更好一些，我觉得。
One question to Yush and others, did Fang publish his article after CAS published candidates' names or before?
Sorry I am really slow. I might post a little more after watching Desperate Housewives. :-)
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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., the University Press of Peking Union Medical College, and Fang Shimin. This judgment astonished us in that it was evidently partial to the plaintiff 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.
此案源起于方是民以笔名方舟子于中国科学院公示院士候选人名单之时，发表《脚踏两只船的院士候选人》。文中，方舟子以充分的事实根据对2005年中国科学院院士候选人肖传国进行了多方面质疑，揭露了其同时在中美两国担任全职教师，以及在个人履历、国外职务、论文发表、所获奖励、科研成果等方面弄虚作假的事实。肖传国随后以“损害名誉权”为由，将方舟子及发表方舟子文章和访谈的相关媒体告上法庭。法庭一审判决方舟子败诉，向肖传国赔礼道歉并进行经济赔偿。
The story of this lawsuit dates back to the time when Dr. Fang used his pen-name to publish an article titled “Academician Candidates Straddle Two Boats” after the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) just announced the Academician candidates’ names to the public. In the article Fang Zhou-zi questioned Xiao Chuan-Guo (one of the 2005 candidates) in multiple areas based on ample facts, and exposed a series of Xiao’s academic misconducts, including doing two full-time teaching jobs (one in China and the other in the US) at the same time, adding fraudulent claims in his resume, fabricating his job title in the US, exaggerating his publication records, awards as well as his research achievements, etc. Xiao Chuan-Guo later filed a lawsuit against the defendants, Dr. Fang and the media in which Fang’s article and interviews were published, accusing them of defaming Xiao. Fang lost the legal battle because at the first trial the court ordered Fang to make a public apology, and also to pay monetary compensation, to Xiao.