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Taiwan Human Rights Torch Relay to Highlight Abuses in China
Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:41:35 +0000 | China View
By Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters, Aug 2, 2007- TAIPEI (Reuters) - A group of Taiwanese critics of China on Thursday announced a plan to launch a rival torch relay to highlight human rights abuses on the mainland, months after the island rejected the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch. The announcement came as New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) [...]
Games countdown marred by China's human rights row
| Findory News China
The Independent: With just over a year to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympics, human rights groups have criticised a crackdown on Chinese human rights activists and journalists as well as the continued use of laojiao or "re-education through labour" and other forms of detention without trial.
China gets a rebuke from rights activists
| Findory News China
International Herald Tribune: Human rights groups accused China on Tuesday of failing to improve its record on civil liberties and of continuing to harass lawyers, dissidents and journalists despite official promises to make human rights a centerpiece of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Amnesty: Human Rights Violations in China Go Against Principles of the Olympic Charter
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:07:51 +0000 | China View
Amnesty International, Aug. 07, 2007- As the one year countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfil its promise of improving human rights in the run-up to the Games. Amnesty International’s latest report finds that several Beijing-based activists continue to face ‘house arrest’ and tight police surveillance, while those [...]
US Legislators Propose China Olympics Boycott Over Human Rights
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:00:49 +0000 | China View
AFP Via Yahoo News, August 8, 2007- WASHINGTON (AFP) - US legislators introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing unless China “stops engaging in serious human rights abuses,” Congressional aides said. Backed initially by eight lawmakers from President George W. Bush’s Republican party, the resolution [...]
Human rights group lights torch for Beijing games boycott
| Findory News China
Reuters: ATHENS - Hundreds of human rights activists from across the world gathered in central Athens on Thursday to launch a global torch relay urging the boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics over China's human rights record.
Human Rights Group Lights Torch For Beijing Games Boycott
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:19:03 +0000 | China View
By Karolos Grohmann, Reuters, Aug 9, 2007- ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of human rights activists from across the world gathered in central Athens on Thursday to launch a global torch relay urging the boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics over China’s human rights record. Beijing has been under fire for what groups say are extensive human rights [...]
