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Amnesty International on Human Rights in China

John Moorehead wrote this post at 10:13 am on September 2nd, 2008.

Found on Fubiz: From TBWA Agency in Paris, France comes a striking series of designs with the phrase, “After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on.” This is a good way to keep China’s controversial human rights issues in focus.

Amnesty International ad

The Amnesty International-produced site The China Debate has this to say about China’s Olympic hosting privileges:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games on 13 July 2001. During the bidding process and afterwards, Chinese and Olympic officials made assurances that human rights in China would improve as a result of hosting the Games.

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee said in April 2001: “By allowing Beijing to host the Games you will help the development of human rights.”

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