Human Rights in China

So who is Sohu?

Sophie
29 April 2008, 10:24AM

Sohu, Baidu, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! are all a part of China's Great Firewall. These internet companies filter the world for Chinese net users.

Human Rights in China

Headlines from around the world - 28 April 2008

KimB
28 April 2008, 06:02PM

In today's wrap-up from media outlets and bloggers across the globe:

Fresh talks between the Dalai Lama and Chinese leaders are scheduled to begin shortly, the Times Online links Robert Mugabe and a Chinese arms-trading firm, the Olympic torch passes through North Korea plus ……

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Remembering Women Victims and Survivors of War on Anzac Day

KateL
28 April 2008, 04:26PM

The impact of war on women is sometimes forgotten when we pay tribute to soldiers who fought and died in wars. For some women the scars of war are with them for a life time, yet many of these women are not properly recognised as war heroes. Jan Ruff O'herne was repeatedly raped and beaten by the Japanese army during World War II and has bravely campaigned for justice for the women who the Japanese called 'comfort women'.

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Free to have an opinion – a universal right

KimB
24 April 2008, 05:08PM

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers,” – Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Time to tear down the wall

KimB
24 April 2008, 03:55PM

This opinion piece, from our national director Claire Mallinson, was published in The Canberra Times on 24 April 2008:

A number of Australians will exercise a fundamental human right of expression and assembly today, and take part in peaceful protests along the Beijing Olympic torch relay route in Canberra ...

Human Rights in China

Headlines from around the world – 24 April 2008

KimB
24 April 2008, 01:48PM

In today's wrap-up from media outlets and bloggers across the globe:

Thousands of protestors turn up for the Olympic torch relay in Canberra, a group of Chinese lawyers are to sue CNN over comments made by one of its commentators, Coca-Cola’s senior vice-president writes about corporate social responsibility plus …

Human Rights in China

Weekly report: Tibet, Zimbabwe and Loving China

KimB
24 April 2008, 12:02PM

The nationalistic genie has escaped the Chinese bottle. Citizens across the world have reacted strongly to the perceived anti-Chinese political and media elite in the West. Protests have mushroomed throughout China against what demonstrators view as a slight against benevolent rule in Tibet. The government is clearly behind much of the reaction, writes Antony Loewenstein.

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Flame touches down in Australia

KimB
23 April 2008, 02:40PM

The besieged Olympic flame is about to make its way along the barricaded streets of Canberra – with thousands of pro-Tibetan and pro-Chinese supporters expected to show up.

Human Rights in China

Google’s cloth ears

Rohan
23 April 2008, 11:51AM

Google shows no sign of listening to the many who are seeking to ensure it supports, rather than hinders, basic human rights.

Human Rights in China

Headlines from around the world – 23 April 2008

KimB
23 April 2008, 11:38AM

In today's wrap-up from media outlets and bloggers across the globe:

The Australian Olympic Committee and Games’ corporate sponsors duck for cover as the flame heads Down Under, China criticises Paris’s decision to make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen, Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia won’t appeal his jail sentence plus …