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AFP (via YahooNews): Chinese Tiananmen dissident freed after 16 years
Excerpted from AFP (via YahooNews) : Hu Shigen , 53, was released on Tuesday but has been stripped of his political rights for five years, including the rights of free speech and assembly, Human Rights in China said. "We welcome the release of Hu Shigen, but it is tragic that Hu had to suffer so...
August 27, 2008
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AFP (via Google News): Police, money silence protests over China quake school deaths
Excerpted from AFP (via Google News) : Liu was arrested on June 25 and sentenced to one year of "re-education through labour" for "disturbing public order," the New York-based Human Rights in China said. Police have refused to comment on Liu's case. Access to the full text of this article may...
August 27, 2008
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Unrepresented Nations and Persons Organization: European Parliament Hears from Khmer Krom & Montagnard Representatives
Excerpted from Unrepresented Nations and Persons Organization : Initial discussions dwelt on the impact the Olympic Games had had on China’s policy towards its citizens. Mrs. Hom, representing Human Rights in China, stated her organization’s belief that political change in China would have to be...
August 26, 2008
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BBC - World Have Your Say: Did China get away with it?
Excerpted from BBC: World Have Your Say : "It was the Chinese government and authorities who made promises pre-2001, and they made promises to the IOC, to the international community, and to its own people that it would be a Green Olympics, a high-tech Olympics, a free and open Olympics, and a...
August 25, 2008
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CNSNews: IOC Urged to Consider Human Rights in Future
Excerpted from CNSNews : "The Chinese authorities have blatantly and successfully used the games to achieve political goals, putting the international community on notice that China is a powerful gold-medal state and stoking patriotism and national pride among countless Chinese," said Sharon Hom,...
August 25, 2008
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur (via Monsters and Critics): China celebrates "huge prestige bonanza" of Olympics
Excerpted from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (via Monsters and Critics) : According to Sharon Hom, executive director of the Hong Kong-based Human Rights in China (HRIC), 'the carefully orchestrated facade could not conceal a police state that tramples on human rights.' Access to the full text of this...
August 25, 2008
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Deutsche Presse-Agentur (via Bangkok Post): Human rights organization gives Beijing Games nevative verdict
Excerpted from Deutsche Presse-Agentur (via Bangkok Post) : The Chinese government "blatantly and successfully" used the Games to realize its political goals, Hong Kong-based Human Rights in China (HRIC) said. "Yet the carefully orchestrated facade could not conceal a police state that tramples on...
August 25, 2008
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Reuters (via Guardian): China lauds Games as show of confidence
Excerpted from Reuters (via Guardian) : "...the carefully orchestrated facade could not conceal a police state that tramples on human rights," said Sharon Hom of New York-based Human Rights in China in an emailed statement. Access to the full text of this article may require a subscription and...
August 25, 2008
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Seattle Times: China Put on Great Show in Beijing, but with Iron Fist
Excerpted from Seattle Times : "Our assessment all along has been that the preparations for the Games and the holding of the Games have actually contributed to a worsening of certain areas of human rights," said Sharon Hom, the executive director of the New York-based nonprofit group Human Rights...
August 24, 2008
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Chicago Tribune: 'One thing is clear: you cannot protest legally in China'
Excerpted from Chicago Tribune : Moreover, applicants could face harsher consequences. Last week, New York-based Human Rights in China reported that two Beijing residents were ordered to serve a 1-year term of "re-education through labor" after they made repeated applications to demonstrate within...
August 23, 2008
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