Posted on July 30, 2008 by ZK
Web access for international journalists already in Beijing to cover the Olympic Games is being censored, according to media reports.
In addition to sites relating to the Falungong spiritual movement, which is banned in China, some international news websites, as well as websites of human rights organisations, are blocked.
And, guess what? The IOC is backing China [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2008 by ZK
An Amnesty report about China says that human rights have gotten worse thanks to the upcoming Olympics, including increased use of “re-education through labour”.
A day later, China rejected the report, accusing Amnesty of viewing it with “tinted glasses”. Liu Jianchao at the foreign ministry in Beijing said Amnesty should “see China in a fair and [...]
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