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The 2008 Olympics & Human Rights

Canberra Olympic Torch Relay Awash With Flags of Red

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:14:00 PM

CANBERRA, Australia—The ceremony area for the Canberra Olympic Torch Relay at Reconciliation Place was cordoned off on four sides, and three of them were filled with Chinese students draped in red fla ...   Full Story

Heavy Rain Disrupts Malaysian Leg of Olympic Torch Relay

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:11:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Malaysian leg of 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay has completed on Monday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur with heightened security, few protests and heavy rain.Extremely tight ...   Full Story

A New Torch Relay Travels America

Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:55:00 PM

NEW YORK—While the official Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Torch Relay visited only one city in the United States this year, San Francisco, the Human Rights Torch Relay has already visited 20 cities—and ...   Full Story

The Olympics, Dehumanization, and Organ Harvesting

Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:18:00 PM

In 2001, when bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the People's Republic of China pledged to improve human rights—and won the bid. Many Chinese people were excited, but not all.One of the mo ...   Full Story

Same Collar for a Different Dog

Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:15:00 PM

The author talks about the failure of western countries to grasp the concept that there is no such thing as constructive engagement with dictatorships such as communist China and Cuba.   Full Story

Mainland Chinese Boycott French Retailer Carrefour

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:32:00 PM

Political protests have rarely happened in China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. If it does, foreign countries are the targets, such as the United States or Japan. This time, France has beco ...   Full Story

Red Army Tactics Taint Torch Relay

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:45:00 PM

They are coming in the thousands, instructed to obey strict military-like orders, while any disobedience will be met with harsh consequences.   Full Story

Olympic Torch Relay in Indonesia on Grim Trip

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:33:00 PM

JAKARTA—The Olympic torch was paraded through a heavily guarded stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday after police stopped about 100 protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the torch's fraught journe ...   Full Story

Miami Human Rights Torch Forum Draws Support From Many Communities

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:56:00 PM

Florida supporters of the Human Rights Torch Relay held a forum, which attracted human rights supporters and victims of communist oppression from around the world.   Full Story

An 'Olympic' Torch With a Different Meaning

Monday, April 21, 2008 9:41:00 PM

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—The North Church at Market Square is a well-know local spot to bring your message to the public—especially one that mainstream media is not covering in depth.Marcus Gale from North ...   Full Story

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