Pressure China on human rights post-Olympics: Amnesty

AFP, May. 28, 2008- LONDON (AFP) — The world needs to maintain pressure on China for human rights reform after the Beijing Olympics, the head of Amnesty International said, as the 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 home and abroad, after Western criticism of its involvement in hotspots like Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and North Korea. Abuses, including the torture and ill-treatm

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