The South African Civil Society Information Service

China, the Olympic Games and Human Rights

16 Aug 2008

The international community seems unwilling to use the opportunity provided by the Beijing Olympic Games to demand greater respect for human rights from China. There are at least 15000 religious and political prisoners in Chinese jails and labour camps, while imprisonments, torture and deaths are on the rise.

There are still said to be 130 people in prison since the Tiananmen Square protest 19 years ago.

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