No Olympics effect on human rights in China, says Amnesty
By John Ruwitch Reuters - Wednesday 2 APRIL, 07h35PEKIN (Reuters) -
The Olympic Games have so far not brought changes in China and the promise of the Chinese authorities to improve the human rights situation before the demonstration sounds hollow today, especially after the crackdown on human rights. protests in Tibet, believes Amnesty International.
The International Olympic Committee, foreign leaders and international companies trading with China must denounce human rights abuses, or they may appear to be accomplices, says rights organization man who calls for an end to the crackdown on human rights defenders.
In Beijing and its surroundings, Chinese authorities have imposed silence and jailed human rights activists as part of a pre-Olympic "clean-up", says Amnesty, citing the cases of Yang Chunlin and Hu Jia.
Yang was sentenced last week to five years in prison for "inciting subversion" after helping villagers to distribute a petition titled "We don't want the Olympics, we want human rights."
SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Hu is also tried for subversion and should be fixed on his fate Thursday. He has campaigned for democracy, religious freedom and autonomy of Tibet.
Amnesty also reports "serious human rights violations" during the Chinese authorities' crackdown on demonstrations in Tibet and in areas with Tibetan populations in recent weeks.
"These acts raise questions about the seriousness of the commitment of the Chinese authorities to advance human rights before the Olympic Games," said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International in a statement.
“The Olympics have so far failed to act as a catalyst for reform. Unless urgent steps are taken to redress the situation, a positive human rights record for the Beijing Games seem more and more out of reach, ”she adds.
Jiang Tu, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, reacted Tuesday by saying that Amnesty was a biased organization and its report unsurprisingly.
"Anyone who intends to use the Games to threaten China, or to put pressure on China, is wrong," he said at a press conference.
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5 years of imprisonment for a banner! if it's not a dictatorship how to call this regime?
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And it continues.
He was convicted because of his statements on the internet.
On econology, there would be many netizens in prison when one reads certain anti-sarko statements and other disputes.
In France it would be thousands or even millions of people sentenced and imprisoned.
He was convicted because of his statements on the internet.
On econology, there would be many netizens in prison when one reads certain anti-sarko statements and other disputes.
In France it would be thousands or even millions of people sentenced and imprisoned.
Chinese dissident sentenced to three and a half years in prison
Hu Jia, one of China's top dissidents, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, which should fuel criticism from human rights organizations denouncing an attempt by the government to silence the opposition. the approach of the Beijing Olympics.
A Chinese court has found Hu Jia guilty of "inciting subversion against state power" for criticizing the ruling Communist Party, his lawyers reported. Hu had pleaded not guilty.
Aged 34 years, the dissident, who began his career defending AIDS patients living in the Chinese countryside, has become one of the most active activists for human rights, religious freedoms and religion. Tibetan autonomy.
"The defense position is that citizens have the right to express themselves freely under the constitution and therefore, the prosecutors' argument is not valid," Li Fangping, one of them told reporters. lawyers for the dissident.
But Hu admitted in court that some of his positions were "excessive," he said.
“In the end, I think he ended up accepting that some of his statements were against the current law,” said another of his lawyers, Li Jinsong. "So to a certain extent he accepted the accusations of the prosecution."
HIS RESIDENT ASSIGNED WIFE
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about Hu's case during a visit to Beijing in February, and the European Union and several Western governments intervened with the Chinese authorities.
The dissident was arrested in late December after spending more than 200 days at house arrest.
His wife Zeng Jinyan, who also criticized the Chinese government, and their baby daughter are under house arrest and their phone is off.
The organization Amnesty International said this week that the Olympics have not yet brought changes despite the commitment of the Chinese authorities to advance human rights.
The inspectors of the International Olympic Committee have also asked the government to guarantee Internet access throughout the Games.
Thanks to the internet, Hu has been in contact with other dissidents and foreign journalists and it is on his messages posted on a foreign website in Chinese language that have borne the bulk of the accusations. prosecutors, according to a lawyer.
Yang Chunlin, another dissident, was sentenced in late March to five years in prison for demanding that human rights be passed before the Olympics. He was convicted of subversion
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