Ray,
You cannot compare Gandhiji's Civil Disobedience Movement (a part of
which was producing salt illegally) with the present scenarion,
because the Chinese do not plan (since that would be stupidity) to
openly admit to their Government that they are breaking this law.
Under the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhiji and his followers
openly broke the law, after announcing to the British that they would
be doing so . It was not done in a secretive way, which is the manner
in which the Chinese would evade the firewall. Again, if two
homosexuals in India defied the Indian Penal Code, they would not be
treated as if they were fighting for a just cause (or following
Gandhian principles)-infact they would be jailed. This is because
Indian society is still against the concept of gays.So does that mean
that the U.N can intervene? No. Because mass public opinion is against
homosexuals-although this opinion may not be all that justified. So
again, you cannot compare this issue with the one in China (where, I'm
assuming most oppose the firewall)since the majority of Indians do
support this law-even though the gays may term it a violation of their
human rights.