Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

Olympics values

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 14:37 1 Comment

Beating peaceful protestors does not uphold the Olympics values Amnesty International (UK) has launched the second video of “Human Rights For China” campaign. They’ve used the viral launch to highlight the case of Huang Qi, a 45 years old cyber-dissident who runs the www.64tianwang.com website and has been detained since 10 June. Huang Qi was [...]

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Human rights for China

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:12 1 Comment

With 100 days to go until the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International today (30 April) launched the first in a series of four hard-hitting animated films highlighting human rights abuses linked to the Chinese authorities’ hosting of the Games, in particular the risks of peacefully protesting in China. Watch the first animation here: Also see: Human [...]

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