ACT NOW - Join the online Day of Protest
On the 10 day countdown to the Beijing Olympics (30 July), Amnesty International will be co-ordinating a global, online day of protest against Internet censorship in China. We aim to 'occupy' as many online spaces as possible to demonstrate our solidarity with netizens in China and to call on major Internet companies to end their complicity in violating the freedom of expression and information of Chinese citizens.
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Posted on 17 July 2008
Human rights in China: Pass it on
This is one of three videos about human rights in China which have been put together by, among others, famous French stage director Ariane Mnouchkine, her theatre company Theatre du Soleil, Chinese dissidents, Tibetan refugees, and Reporters Without Borders.
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Posted on 25 July 2008
Poet takes China officials to court
Al Jazeera English has filed this story on YouTube about Tibetan poet, author and blogger Woeser, who this week announced she's suing the Chinese Government because they won't give her a passport.
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Posted on 25 July 2008
China in the headlines – 25 July 2008
A woman shouts before she is taken to be executed in Ghangzhou, China. © Reuters
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
China remains the world's leading executioner, says a human rights group.
Officials say they have broken up a terrorist cell planning possible Olympic attacks in Shanghai, but offer little detail.
The Olympic blues through the eyes of a Chinese man.
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Posted on 25 July 2008
A birthday in jail for two Chinese dissidents
Jailed journalist Shi Tao turns 40 today. © PEN
Two Chinese prisoners of conscience – Shi Tao and Hu Jia – will today celebrate their birthdays behind bars.
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Posted on 25 July 2008
Dissident’s wife appeals to China’s Hu Jintao
Yuan Weijung, the wife of Chen Guangcheng, is stopped by police as she leaves her home. © Private
The wife of a blind, jailed Chinese activist has appealed to China's President to put a stop to the official harassment of her family.
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Posted on 24 July 2008
What do Beijingers reckon about the Olympics?
How have the Olympics affected Beijingers? Jocelyn Ford, a Beijing-based journalist, has put together the insider's view in the form of a video series; this is the promo for it.
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Posted on 24 July 2008
China in the headlines – 24 July 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Chinese people will know better than to demonstrate in Beijing's specially set up protest zones during the Olympics, says a human rights researcher.
China looks like it's preparing for a military encounter not the Olympics, reckon the Los Angeles Times.
A Tibetan activist is suing the Chinese Government for refusing to give her a passport.
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Posted on 24 July 2008
AOC, athlete freedom of speech, and the Olympics
Image of Michelle Engelsman from her [official website](http://www.me.net.au)ABC 730 Report: John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee, discusses the Beijing Olympics, the torch relay, and clears up some confusion regarding freedom of speech for Australian Olympic athletes
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Posted on 24 July 2008
Days from release activist’s jail term is extended
Ye Guozhu's jail sentence has been extended.
Worrying news has come in overnight that housing rights activist Ye Guozhu, who had been due to be released from prison this Saturday, is to be held until after 1 October.
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Posted on 24 July 2008
Winners and losers in China’s Internet censorship
© Reuters
As foreigners start to converge on China, bloggers are reporting previously forbidden websites are now suddenly accessible.
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Posted on 23 July 2008
Beijing’s efforts to cut pollution
AP has posted this clip on YouTube about China's last-minute push – including an alternate day car ban – to reduce pollution before the Games start on 8 August. Beijing has a notorious pollution problem.
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Posted on 23 July 2008
Olympics will lift country’s image say Chinese
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Most Chinese people believe the Olympics will boost the country's image and will be a success, according to a new poll.
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Posted on 23 July 2008
China in the headlines – 23 July 2008
Sting is among the artists who feature on a new album promoting Tibet. © Rita Molnár
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
The International Olympic Committee, corporate sponsors and the world's governments should have held China to its promise to improve human rights, writes the New York Times.
Sting, Moby, Alanis Morissette and a bunch of other musicians feature on a pro-Tibet album, due for release just days before the Olympics open.
Posters listing things Chinese people shouldn't ask foreigners are appearing around Beijing.
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Posted on 23 July 2008
Weekly report: How not to help the Chinese, part 9
Journalist and blogger Antony Loewenstein. © Bryan Siebel
Sport isn't the only thing on the minds of multinationals in Beijing, writes Antony Loewenstein
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Posted on 23 July 2008
China writes rules for everyone
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There seems to be rules for everything and everyone in China these days. There are rules for journalists covering the Games, for spectators, for athletes, for foreign visitors, for Beijing residents; there are even new postal rules.
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Posted on 22 July 2008
China in the headlines – 22 July 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
China's clampdown is in full swing with petitioners being banished from Beijing.
Cyber-dissident Du Daobin has been taken away by police.
Terrorism fears in China are boosted after explosions on two public buses about an hour apart.
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Posted on 22 July 2008
Bloggers lobby to free China’s Huang Qi
Dissident Huang Qi has been officially arrested. © 64Tianwang.com
A campaign is spreading across the Internet to free Chinese human rights activist Huang Qi, who before his detention had been helping parents who lost children in May's Sichuan earthquake.
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Posted on 21 July 2008
Stand up and be counted
Amnesty International Australia and the team behind the new movie Salute have released the third and final teaser about human rights and the Beijing Olympics.
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Posted on 21 July 2008
China in the headlines – 21 July 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
One China-based blogger has been asking his neighbours and acquaintances what they think about the Olympics.
Human rights campaigner Huang Qi, who had been helping families who lost their children in the Sichuan earthquake, as been charged with 'possession of state secrets'.
China says it will ban any musician or entertainer who has ever engaged in activities which threaten the country's national sovereignty.
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Posted on 21 July 2008