AFP
Thursday, June 19, 2008
GENEVA (AFP) - Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to censor dissenting voices in the run-up to the Olympic Games, a report by two human rights groups charged Thursday.
"The context related to the run-up to the Olympic Games in August 2008 has continuously strengthened an environment already hostile to human rights and their defenders," said the
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in its annual report.
The observatory is a joint project by the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH).
FULL ARTICLE @ AFP
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment