Friday, March 07, 2008

In China: Human Rights Lawyer Goes Missing

Here's another recent case of a Chinese human rights lawyer, Teng Biao, in trouble. His wife thinks that he is being detained by the authorities because of his political activism. He has been urging the communist party to improve its human rights policies before the 2008 olympics. He and a friends of his, who is currently detained by authorities as well, posted a letter on the internet entitled, "The Real China and the Olympics." The letter was critical of the government stating that they were not keeping their promise of improving its human rights. It's a little bit ironic that this is happening because doesn't it just prove Mr. Teng's point?

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