Human Rights In China Made Worse By Olympics: Report

Human Rights In China Made Worse By Olympics: Report

The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country's human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, according to a new Amnesty International report.

Published to mark the 10-day countdown to the Games, the report evaluates the performance of the Chinese authorities in four areas related to the core Olympic values of 'universal fundamental ethical principles' and 'human dignity': these include persecution of human rights activists, detention without trial, censorship and the death penalty.

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