Princeton, Paterson New Jersey Host International Human Rights Torch Relay
Events unite officials, NGOs, local musicians and international human rights activists in a call for human dignity and respect for the people of China
April 22, 2008
April 21, 2008
International Human Rights Torch Relay Brings Message of Truth and Hope Across US
Events unite officials, NGOs, local musicians and international human rights activists in a call for human dignity and respect for the people of China (more…)
April 12, 2008
CIPFG Ireland PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
Government must act on increasing Support for Boycott of Olympic Games in China
At a press conference in Buswell’s Hotel in Dublin today April 7th, the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG) outlined the need for the international community to protest at the increasing human rights situation in China. Spokesperson for the CIPFG, former Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna said, “In light of the increasing public support for a boycott of the Olympic Games there is an onus on Ireland, as a defender of human rights to take a lead on this matter.”
CIPFG Press Release and Letter to COC
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - April 12, 2008
Authored by CIPFG
Contact: Clive Ansley
Chair, Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong
China Country Monitor for Lawyers’ Rights Watch in Canada
250-334-3586; 250-792-3547
April 9, 2008
Amnesty International UK - Olympic torch must throw light on human rights in China, says Amnesty
Posted: 03 April 2008
As the Olympic torch relay arrives in London, Amnesty International is urging participants and spectators alike to find out what is really happening in China and join its campaign to improve human rights for people in China.
April 2, 2008
Ahead of Olympics, Beijing Crackdown Extends to Falun Gong Followers
Nishika Patel | 01 Apr 2008
World Politics Review Exclusive
HONG KONG — As Beijing cracks down on protestors in Tibet in the run up to the Olympics, adherents of Falun Gong — a banned religious movement that draws from Buddhism and Taoism — are also facing the heavy hand of the Communist regime.
March 16, 2008
Human Rights Torch Relay Urges IOC to Take Action Following Chinese Government Crackdown in Tibet and Mass Arrests of Falun Gong
March 18, 2008 – The Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) is calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to sanction the Chinese government in light of its violent repression of Tibetan demonstrators and revelations of large-scale arrests of Falun Gong practitioners in China. The HRTR is an international campaign initiated by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong to provide a forum for athletes, human rights organizations, Chinese democracy groups, Tibetan rights activists and other concerned individuals to rally under the banner: The Olympics and Crimes Against Humanity Cannot Coexist in China.
March 5, 2008
CCP Sends Youthful Proxies to the Ivy League
Human Rights Torch Relay Challenges Legitimacy of IMUSE College Tour
March 4, 2008 – The Human Rights Torch Relay today issued the following statement regarding the IMUSE college tour:
February 9, 2008
With exactly six months to go to Beijing Olympics, Reporters Without Borders condemns broken promises
There are just six months left until the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympics. The world’s biggest sports event will get under way in the Chinese capital on 8 August. The Chinese authorities gave very specific promises in 2001 in order to win the games for Beijing. They said the holding of the games would “help improve human rights” and that there would be “total press freedom” before and during the games.