Jiamusi

In Olympia and Jiamusi

bloggers4labour.org     Mar 24, 2008   494 related          

Three members of Reporters Without Borders disrupted the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Olympia today. Three Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, today unfurled a banner showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs[.] Protesters...                

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China Tries Land Activist Who Opposed Olympics

rfa.org     Feb 20, 2008   15 related          

Authorities in the northeastern Chinese city of Jiamusi have begun the trial of a land rights activist for “incitement to subvert state power” after he used a slogan calling for human rights instead of the Olympics. ... Yang Chunlin appeared in court Tuesday in manacles...                

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