Beijing raps `wicked&#39; rights group for report on HK
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China&#39;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called United States-based Human Rights Watch ``wicked&#39;&#39; for issuing a critical report on rights in Hong Kong ahead of Sunday&#39;s Legislative Council election.
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Yahoo criticized the Chinese government on Monday, saying it shouldn't curtail its citizens' rights to free speech, just one day after it was sued by the mother of a jailed journalist.
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HONG KONG : Chinese President Hu Jintao&#39;s sharp rebuke of Hong Kong&#39;s leaders garnered widespread press coverage in the territory, with newspapers saying the criticism reflects Beijing deep concern over the enclave.
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Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics say they are looking into reports of child labour and worker abuse.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin demanded answers from China, after Beijing sparked a human rights row by revoking the visas of two Toronto-based Chinese reporters due to cover his visit to Asia.
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China's human rights record should be properly addressed at this week's meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations in Germany, an exile group said on Tuesday.
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InfoWorld - Reporters Without Borders criticized the Chinese government for what the press advocacy group considers a move to end anonymous blogging in the communist country.
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Beijing Olympics organizers vowed on Monday to come down hard on any cases of children being used to produce merchandise for the Games, after a report accused factories of "gross exploitation".
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BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- There were two Chinas on display at the Beijing Folk Culture Plaza on Friday, as an exhibition on human rights began a 10-day run.
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Rights groups express concern about reports of clashes in Tibet between Chinese police and Buddhist monks.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pressed China to improve human rights and take on greater international responsibilities as its global influence grows.
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The report by the Human Rights Watch paints a distorted picture of the situation in Hong Kong, said a spokesman of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Thursday.
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International rights groups denounced   new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a   step backward ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when   thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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Human rights abuses are growing in Asia as most countries in the region face a breakdown of the rule of law, a Hong Kong-based rights group said on Friday.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur
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China said Saturday it may allow Hong Kong's leader to be directly elected by 2017 but activists seeking quicker democratic reform in the former British colony criticised the decision.
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More than 180 Chinese dissidents and rights activists have signed a letter urging the International Olympic Committee to press China to improve its human rights record ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.