China: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses

Peter Huvos — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

China: Olympic Sponsors Ignore Human Rights Abuses

Peter Huvos — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

No medals for the IOC

Peter Huvos — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:47:14 -0700

Published in the International Herald Tribune

Friday, August 15, 2008

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/15/opinion/edworden.php

HONG KONG

China: End Abuses of Media Freedom

Peter Huvos — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

China: Police Detain Would-Be Olympic Protesters

Peter Huvos — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

(New York, August 13, 2008) – The Chinese government is detaining a rights activist who applied to demonstrate legally in designated “protest zones” established for the Beijing Olympics, Human Rights Watch said today.

China: Games Open Amid Restrictions on Media

Peter Huvos — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:27:45 -0700

(New York, August 8, 2008) - As the 2008 Olympic Games open in Beijing, foreign journalists in China face a host of severe restrictions, ranging from harassment to a censored internet. The restrictions break China's formal commitment, made in 2001 when bidding to host the Games, to provide "complete freedom" to foreign media.

Sponsoring the Olympics Is Bad for Business

Peter Huvos — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:27:17 -0700

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sophie-richardson/sponsoring-the-olympics-i_b_117345.html

August 6, 2008

"We try to be as apolitical as possible. We've never been a lobbying group....we are not comfortable making public pronouncements."

China: Olympics Harm Key Human Rights

Peter Huvos — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

(New York, August 6, 2008) – The 2008 Beijing Olympics will open tainted by a sharp increase in human rights abuses directly linked to China’s preparations for the games, Human Rights Watch said today. The games open on August 8, 2008.

Reporting in China: What not to do

Peter Huvos — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Published in the International Herald Tribune, August 1, 2008

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/01/opinion/edbogert.php

China: International Olympic Committee Abets Censorship

Peter Huvos — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:46:20 -0700

China: Beaten Activist to Be Tried on Eve of Olympics

Peter Huvos — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:05:59 -0700

UPDATE

On July 29, Ni Yulan's lawyer was informed by the court that her trial would be postponed. No new date was set, nor did the court provide reasons for the last-minute postponement. Ni remains under indictment and faces up to three years in prison.

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Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting China’s Tibet Crackdown

Peter Huvos — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:15:25 -0700

China’s Olympian Human Rights Deficit

Peter Huvos — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:55:10 -0700

English version of Phelim Kine's op-ed "China's Olympisch gebrek aan mensenrechten," published in the Dutch magazine Idee (July 2008).

http://www.d66.nl/9359000/1/j9vvhc6cwgbojx9/vhwolx1i2sj4

China is losing the human rights race

Peter Huvos — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:48:50 -0700

The Forbidden Olympics

Peter Huvos — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0700

WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA July 7, 2008

China: Olympics Media Freedom Commitments Violated

Peter Huvos — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:52:47 -0700

(Hong Kong, July 7, 2008) – The Chinese government continues to block and threaten foreign journalists despite repeated promises to lift media freedom restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

China: Bush Attendance at Games’ Launch Sends Wrong Message

Peter Huvos — Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:06:59 -0700

(New York, July 4, 2008) -President George W. Bush's decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games at a time of worsening human rights violations in China sends the wrong message to the Chinese government, Human Rights Watch said today. The White House confirmed yesterday that President Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Games on August 8 in Beijing.

Reporters’ Guide to China Olympics

Peter Huvos — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:16:23 -0700

China: Lhasa Torch Relay Tarnishes Olympic Movement

Peter Huvos — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:25:16 -0700

China: Free Tiananmen Prisoners Before Olympics

Peter Huvos — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:42:49 -0700

(New York, June 2, 2008) – On the 19th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government should honor its commitment to improve human rights before the 2008 Beijing Olympics by releasing the estimated 130 Tiananmen prisoners improperly arrested or tried, Human Rights Watch said today.

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