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The 2008 Olympics & Human Rights


Olympic City's Water in State of Crisis
Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:16:00 PM
BAODING, China—China's ambitious hopes for a "green" Beijing Olympics have magnified, not relieved, the city's reckless dependence on water from strained underground supplies and a mammo ...   Full Story
 

Some Say: An Address to the Miami HRTR Event
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:02:00 PM
Maureen Gamrecki, Florida Liaison with the Human Rights Torch Relay, delivered this address at the Miami, Florida Human Rights Torch Relay event.   Full Story
 

Debating the Beijing Olympics
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:21:00 AM
ISRAEL—Thirty-one-year-old Eddie Subery is a lawyer from Tel-Aviv who teaches law to bright young students in four cities in Israel. At ages 10 to 12, these gifted children already study criminal and ...   Full Story
 

Shanghai Bans 'Troublemakers' Leaving City During Olympics
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:07:00 PM
SHANGHAI—China's financial hub of Shanghai has sent notices to dissidents, petitioners and other "controlled" people banning them leaving the city during the Olympics to ensure security, a rights ...   Full Story
 

Activists Protest Olympics Sponsors
Monday, June 23, 2008 6:51:00 PM
NEW YORK—As the Beijing Olympics grow closer, calls for human rights grow louder. On Friday, activists gathered with signs and megaphones to protest Coca-Cola, one of the sponsors of the Beijing Olymp ...   Full Story
 

Human Rights Info Packs Go Out to Olympic Athletes
Sunday, June 22, 2008 6:37:00 PM
New Zealand groups are encouraging athletes to speak out about the continuing human rights violations in China while at the Beijing Olympics in August.   Full Story
 

Olympic Torch in Controversial Tibet Leg
Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:20:00 PM
LHASA—The Beijing Olympic torch relay began its Tibetan leg under tight security at Luobulinka, a traditional square where Tibetan mountaineer Googbu held the flame aloft.Chinese Communist Party of ...   Full Story
 

The Grief of Earthquake Parents in China Remains Unanswered
Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:22:00 PM
CHINA—It has been over a month since the devastating earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province. However, many parents have not received an answer as to who should be held responsible for the shoddily co ...   Full Story
 

Beijing Forbids Underground Housing Ahead of Olympics
Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:18:00 PM
Beijing authorities are clamping down on the sale of underground housing in an effort they clame is meant to strengthen security measures before the Olypmic Games.   Full Story
 

Impact of Media Control in China on U.S. Economy and Security
Friday, June 20, 2008 9:18:00 PM
Washington, D.C.–The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) held a hearing on "Access to Information and Media Control in the People's Republic of China" at Washington, D.C. on ...   Full Story
 

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