China urged to improve human rights before Olympics
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A group of Chinese dissidents has signed an open letter condemning the arrest of an AIDS and environmental activist on subversion charges and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year's Olympics.
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176 Days until Opening Ceremonies BRITS BACK DOWN An outcry from athletes, human rights advocates and other groups prompted British Olympic officials to retreat from a threat to send British Olympians home if they criticized China's political policies during the Olympics. British Olympic Associat...
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BEIJING China&#39;s Communist Party chief, Hu Jintao, said Wednesday that Western-style multiparty democracy was a &quot;blind alley&quot; for China and that the one-party state would fight &quot;power abuse and corruption&quot; by policing itself better.
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The European Union and China pledged to boost relations Wednesday, but the EU said there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing improves its shaky human rights record.
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British Olympic hopeful refuses to maintain 'polite silence' in face of China's human rights record
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Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change
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China has created a &quot;climate of fear&quot; in Hong Kong ahead of legislative elections, a New York-based human rights group charged Thursday, as Chinese police released photos of a political candidate in detention.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the 2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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BEIJING, Dec. 1 -- China has decided to substantially liberalize restrictions on coverage by foreign journalists ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the government announced Friday.
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BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- There were two Chinas on display at the Beijing Folk Culture Plaza on Friday, as an exhibition on human rights began a 10-day run.
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Governments should work harder to combat racism and other hate crimes which are on the rise globally but go largely unreported, advocacy group Human Rights First said in a report on Wednesday.
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THE HAGUE -- The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old arms embargo until Beijing improves its human rights record.
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A Paris-based rights group Monday called on visiting French President Jacques Chirac to help seek the release of a jailed Chinese journalist and cyber dissident during his visit to the city of Shanghai.
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China remains "highly repressive," with routine violations of basic rights and widespread corruption despite promises of legal and political reform, the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch said Friday.
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China's human rights record should be properly addressed at this week's meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Germany, an exile group said on Tuesday.
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International rights groups denounced   new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a   step backward ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when   thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on  Tuesday pressed China to improve human rights and take on  greater international responsibilities as its global influence  grows.