Human Rights Education Newsletter, May-June 2008

"China, the Olympics and Human Rights"

The international spotlight is on China as the 2008 Olympic Games approach.

Amnesty International Australia has just released "China, the Olympics and Human Rights", a teacher and student resource focussing on issues including:

• Internet censorship
• the history of the Olympics and human rights
• human rights defenders in China
• issues such as the death penalty and detention without trial.

China, the Olympics and Human Rights

"China, the Olympics and Human Rights" is a teacher and student resource focusing on issues including:

• Internet censorship (for example the case of Shi Tao, a journalist gaoled for sending an email after Yahoo! disclosed his details to the Chinese authorities)
• the history of the Olympics
• human rights defenders in China
• issues such as the death penalty and detention without trial.

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China and the Olympics - weblinks

Weblinks to accompany "China, the Olympics and human rights"