Pressure China on human rights post-Olympics: Amnesty

AFP, May. 28, 2008- LONDON (AFP) — world needs to maintain pressure on China for human rights reform after Beijing Olympics, head of Amnesty International said, as group published its annual report Wednesday. Irene Khan said China’s growing weight as a world power means it can no longer ignore human rights both at and abroad, after Western criticism of its involvement in hotspots like Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and North Korea. Abuses, including torture and ill-treatm

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