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EU: Keep up human rights pressure on China in the run-up to 2008 Olympics
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:09:01 +0000 | China View
press release, European Parliament, 27-11-2007 - With next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing just around the corner, the world must keep up the pressure on China over its human rights record, a hearing of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee attended by over 200 people was told on Monday. Several NGOs, including a Chinese dissident speaking [...]
WHO Says Victim's Dad Also Has Bird Flu
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:27:49 +0000 | Newsvine China
The father of a Chinese man who died of bird flu has also been infected with the H5N1 virus that causes the disease, the World Health Organization reported Friday, saying it could not rule out the possibility of human-to-human infection.
WHO Urges Vigilance As Bird Flu Spreads
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:15:00 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
WHO Investigates Bird Flu in Pakistan
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:15:29 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
Limited human-to-human bird flu transmission may have occurred in Pakistan, but no new infections have been reported for two weeks and there appears to be no threat of further spread, a top World Health Organization official said.
US Follows Closely ?disturbing? Case of Detained Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:05:40 +0000 | China View
AFP, Jan. 14, 2008- WASHINGTON (AFP) ? The US State Department said Monday it is following closely the “disturbing” case of one of China’s most prominent human rights activists who was detained last month. Hu Jia, 34, was taken by police on December 27 on charges of “incitement to subvert state power.” “This is a case that we’ve [...]
U.K.'s Brown urged to press China on human rights
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:45:18 +0000 | Newsvine China
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown should use his visit to China starting on Friday to press Beijing on a range of human rights issues ahead of this year's Olympics, according to rights groups.
China: No Human Dignity, No Olympic
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:27:12 +0000 | Global Voices Online - China
Clairewy reposted in her blog an article by Teng Biao (a Chinese Lawyer) about Hu Jia's arrest, which re-instated that “without human right and dignity, there is no genuine Olympic; for the sake of China, for the sake of Olympic, we have to defend human right.” (zh)
