Despots conduct elections dishonorably and persecute opposit

• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 09:35

   

   

  International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
  By Graham Bowley Police officers loyal to Robert Mugabe, the embattled president of Zimbabwe, struck back at the emboldened opposition on Thursday, raiding its offices and arresting at least two foreign journalists covering the disputed presidential ...

   

   

   

   

    

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/04/wchina104.xml

  China has faced international condemnation on a new front after jailing its most prominent young human rights activist for three-and-a-half years.

  Hu Jia, 34, was sentenced for inciting subversion after a one-day trial in which he was accused of criticising the ruling Communist Party.

  
  

  
  

  

  Taipei Times, Taiwan - Mar 16, 2008
  Police took away Chee Soon Juan ( �順全 ), secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, senior party member Chee Siok Chin, and at least four ...

  
  

  
  

• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 09:38

  

• t_a_s

  4 Apr 08, 10:26

  what to do , power corrupts

• Uncle Ver SG

  4 Apr 08, 10:59

  It is disturbing that the Chinese have to rely on the USA for their own freedom and rights. When can the government of China fight for their OWN citizens human rights.

• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 18:15

   

  

   

  Dishonorable Despots win elections in a dishonorable manner

• Poh Ah Pak

  4 Apr 08, 18:18

  It is disturbing that the Chinese have to rely on the USA for their own freedom and rights.

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• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 18:18

   

   

   

  

• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 18:19

   

   

  

   

   

• AndrewPKYap

  4 Apr 08, 18:21

   

   

   

   

  Far Eastern Economic Review | Singapore's 'Martyr,' Chee Soon Juan

  Striding into the Chinese restaurant of Singapore’s historic Fullerton Hotel, Chee Soon Juan hardly looks like a dangerous revolutionary. ...
  www.feer.com/free-interviews/2006/october/singapores-martyr-chee-soon-juan1 - 44k -

   

   

• AndrewPKYap

  11 Apr 08, 03:09

   

  Olympic President Makes Rare Rebuke of China
  New York Times - 57 minutes ago
  By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING - The president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, offered a rare rebuke to the Chinese government on Thursday, calling on the authorities to respect its “moral engagement” to improve human rights and to ...
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• walesa

  11 Apr 08, 11:25

  As CSJ would put it, "You don't vote out dictatorships."