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Human rights torch relay, started in Greece and now travelling around the world

The 2008 Olympics & Human Rights


Million Signatures Campaign on Target
Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:40:00 PM
More than 720,000 people around the world have shown their support for persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China.   Full Story
 

Pre-Olympic Petitioners Put Pressure on Local Officials
Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:25:00 PM
With China tightening control over petitioners as the Beijing Olympics approach, about 100 villagers protested at Tianfu Square in front of Chengdu City Council in the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province ...   Full Story
 

Human Rights Torch Logo Widespread in Beijing
Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:19:00 PM
Recently signs and posters in support of the Human Rights Torch Relay have appeared in many places throughout Beijing. Some people even had their pictures taken in front of the Great Hall of the Peopl ...   Full Story
 

Silk Road City Locked Down Ahead of Torch Relay
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:32:00 PM
China locked down the far-western city of Kashgar on Tuesday in preparation for the passage of the Olympic torch relay through the sensitive region populated by ethnic Muslim Uighurs.   Full Story
 

Exiles Protest Olympic Torch Relay Plan in Tibet
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:11:00 PM
DHARAMSALA, India—About two hundred Tibetan exiles marched through a northern Indian hill town on Tuesday to protest against plans to take the Olympic torch through Tibet, saying the region needed jus ...   Full Story
 

President of China Interim Government Demands Human Rights for All Chinese
Friday, June 13, 2008 4:15:00 PM
SAN DIEGO─At the May 3 global Human Rights Torch Relay in San Diego, Wu Fan, President of China Interim Government, gave an impassioned speech for freedom and human rights in China, saying, "The ...   Full Story
 

Corruption May Undo CCP's Olympic Hopes
Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:22:00 PM
The devastating Sichuan quake took many eyes off the upcoming Olympics in Beijing this summer. At first, that was a welcome thing for the cadres, who took in the world's sympathy and offers for he ...   Full Story
 

Global Petition to End Persecution in China Gains Momentum
Monday, June 09, 2008 8:15:00 PM
A global petition to secure millions of signatures to support an end to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China is to be presented to the International Olympics Committee in July, ahead o ...   Full Story
 

June 4—The Death And Rise of Democracy
Sunday, June 08, 2008 8:17:00 PM
For Poland, June 4 is synonymous with democratic freedom. In China it is the day that the hope for such freedom fell.   Full Story
 

Polish Scholar Decries Communism, Calls for Rights in China
Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:05:00 PM
Sociologist Tomasz Korczynski says "The communist [Chinese] government has allowed itself to sink to an unbelievable low."   Full Story
 

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