Human rights in China: Broken promises

A new report by Amnesty international confirms that the Chinese authorities “failed to fulfil their own commitments to improve human rights”: With the Olympics less than two weeks away, it is time to assess progress made by the Chinese authorities to improve human rights in line with their own commitments made in 2001. This report [...]

No press freedom during the Olympic games!

There will be no free internet for accredited journalists during their stay in Beijing as Reporters without Borders writes: The Chinese authorities confirmed today that the 20,000 foreign journalists covering the Olympic Games will not have unrestricted access to the Internet during their stay. International Olympic Committee media chief Kevan Gosper nonetheless yesterday said the [...]

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Stop the world record of executions!

Stop the world record of executions. China holds the current world record of executions with executing 1,010 people of 1,591 confirmed executions worldwide. Although the Beijing Olympic committee declared that hosting the Olympics will ‘help the development of human rights in China’. Join the fight against death penalty. www.amnesty.hu

Three short videos about the Olympic Games in China

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