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Bloomberg : China Squelches Speech the Simple, Ancient Way
Excerpted from Bloomberg : Complaints like those of the two former neighbors, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying , are common. Perhaps because of that, instead of permits, they were given one-year sentences to "re- education through labor" for "disturbing the public order," according to New York-based...
August 22, 2008
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Tuscaloosa News: Too Old and Frail to Re-Educate? Not in China
Excerpted from Tuscaloosa News : "Given this moment when the international spotlight is shining on China, when so much of the international media are in Beijing, it's unfathomable why the authorities are intensifying social control," said Sharon Hom, the executive director of Human Rights in China...
August 21, 2008
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Slate: How Educational is Re-Education?
Excerpted from Slate : [This Slate column features an explanation of the Reeducation-Through-Labor system in China.] Explainer thanks Sharon Hom of Human Rights in China and Fu Hualing of the University of Hong Kong. Access to the full text of this article may require a subscription and password.
August 21, 2008
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Washington Post: Protest Application Brings Labor-Camp Threat, Woman Says
Excerpted from Washington Post : "Punishing Wu and Wang after they applied for protest permits and actively petitioned the government demonstrates that the official statements touting the new Olympics 'protest zones,' as well as the permit application process, were no more than a show," the...
August 21, 2008
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Fairfax Media: China Continues to Curb Olympic Protest
Excerpted from Fairfax Media : Human Rights in China executive director Sharon Hom said their treatment showed that the Olympic "protest zones" were no more than a show. "The record speaks for itself: in addition to retaliatory actions, despite numerous applications made, no approvals for...
August 21, 2008
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Thaindian News: Beijing Threatens Women Protesters with Labour Camp Term
Excerpted from Thaindian News : The police's action "demonstrates that the official statements touting the new Olympics 'protest zones' as well as the permit application process, were no more than a show," said the rights group's executive director Sharon Hom. Access to the full text of this...
August 20, 2008
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The New Republic: Medals And Rights
Excerpted from The New Republic : From the moment the Games were awarded to Beijing in July 2001, human rights advocates, instead of calling for a boycott, began planning to use the event to ramp up pressure on the Chinese government. Human Rights Watch and Human Rights in China set up special...
July 9, 2008
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The Globe and Mail: Lhasa's monks all but vanish in Chinese crackdown
Excerpted from The Globe and Mail : Human-rights groups also were critical of the decision to parade the torch through the Tibetan capital. "This provocative decision - with the blessing of the International Olympic Committee - could aggravate tensions and undermine the fragile process to find a...
June 23, 2008
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Sydney Morning Herald: China eyes Tibet torch relay
Excerpted from Sydney Morning Herald : Human Rights in China executive director Sharon Hom said: "This provocative decision, with the blessing of the International Olympic Committee, could aggravate tensions and undermine the fragile process to find a peaceful long-term solution for Tibet and the...
June 22, 2008
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The Earth Times: China parades Olympic torch in tense Tibet - Summary
Excerpted from The Earth Times : "With the region flooded by security forces and largely sealed off to tourists and journalists following the March demonstrations, taking the torch to Tibet is a highly politicized gesture of control," Sharon Hom, the director of US-based Human Rights in China, said...
June 21, 2008
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