Web pages about "Beijing Olympics"

China: IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship - 30 July 2008

Amnesty International reacted to a statement by an official from The International Olympic Committee who said some sensitive sites will be blocked even for foreign journalists working from the Olympic press centre in Beijing.

IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship - 30 July 2008

The International Olympic Committee has said that there won't be uncensored internet access at Olympic media venues.

China: Authorities’ broken promises jeopardize Olympic legacy - 28 July 2008

(Hong Kong) The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, said Amnesty International in a new report published today, marking the 10 day countdown to the Games.

FACTS AND FIGURES - Olympic values and Olympic realities - 28 July 2008

When Beijing was granted the hosting of the 2008 Olympics in 2001, the Chinese authorities promised to improve on human rights. 10 days beofore the start of the Games, the Olympic realities in China continue to be far from the Olympic values China signed up to.

Amnesty International website blocked at Olympic venue - 28 July 2008

Foreign journalists working from the Olympics press centre in Beijing are unable to access amnesty.org, as Amnesty International prepares to launch a new report evaluating the Chinese authorities’ human rights performance in the run-up to the Games.

Chinese authorities’ broken promises threaten Olympic legacy - 28 July 2008

As the Olympic Games begin, Amnesty International's report shows that the Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics.

China: Ye Guozhu must be immediately released - 23 July 2008

Amnesty International today demanded the immediate release of Beijing housing activist Ye Guozhu. He was due to be released on Saturday 26 July, but will now remain imprisoned until 1 October, after the end of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Ye Guozhu must be released immediately - 23 July 2008

The Chinese authorities say they will now not free the housing rights activist when his four-year prison sentence expires on 26 July. Amnesty International demands he be freed.

Amnesty International launches final report ahead of Olympics - 22 July 2008

On Tuesday 29 July -- to mark the 10 day countdown to the Beijing Olympics -- Amnesty International will launch the report “The Olympics Countdown: Broken Promises” from Hong Kong.

Thousands worldwide call for positive Beijing Olympics legacy in human aerial art events - 12 July 2008

On the eve of the anniversary of Beijing being granted the 2008 Olympics, Thousands of Amnesty International supporters in over 25 locations across the globe teamed up today with Circle Up Now to create visual representations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), as a reminder to the Chinese authorities of their human rights promises.