Human Rights in China

China has detained two of the nation's top human rights advocates shortly before a blind rights activist was due to stand trial, marking what observers said may be a concerted crackdown on activists.

Beijing police told state media they had detained Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer who has also campaigned for Chen's release.

Late on Thursday, 10 prominent Beijing intellectuals, including senior lawyer Zhang Sizhi and liberal economist Mao Yushi, issued a statement decrying Xu's detention.

Gao, forty two, has been one of China's boldest defendants for a variety of controversial causes, including labour activists, protesting farmers, and members of Falun Gong, the outlawed spiritual group.

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[Stridus7]

China is no better than North Korea

[S1587915G]

China is a disappointment.

A big, fat disappointment.

[fypong]

@NorthWeezy2010

Yes, BOTH AMERICA AND THE UK HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSES. but nothing as bad as China and North Korea.

China has many problems that are mostly hidden from the Chinese people.

Thank God, millions and millions more Chinese people are aware of the truth, they have been to the west, they have complete freedom of the internet there, and knowlege that is otherwise restricted by the communist party that looks after the party loyal.

THE TRUTH UPSETS SOME. BUT UK AND AMERICA are free

[DiabloMercy]

Guantanamo BAY

AMERICANS, LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE FUCKING MIRROR BEFORE CONDEMNING OTHERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

[edgar0001]

real human rights issue ignored:

LIBYA- NATO- rebels: ethnic cleansing of the town of Tawerga with 10,000 inhabitans !

Look how intelligently the newspaper manipulates ethnic cleansing in the title !

telegraph. co. uk/news/worldnews/africaandind­ianocean/libya/8754375/Gaddafi­s-ghost-town-after-the-loyalis­ts-retreat.html officer of the rebels: "We said if they didn't go, they would be conquered and imprisoned. Every single one of them has left, and we will never allow them to come back."

[Mrasianpopmusic]

most people dont know shit about China, just leave it to the Chinese to solve it alone...

[NorthWeezy2010]

people need to stop bashing china and look at the freedom in their own country. the US and UK is not as free as you think.

[RAWRfulcopter]

@Fergus3232 Not that easy. How many times have you seen "Made in China" on your products? There is a limit to what we can do about the situation. There is alot that the Chinese people themselves can do about the situation. It's mostly up to them.

[My500Facts]

so here is the thing, most westerners dont know a shit about my country (i had the same mentality till recently since i grew up in UK).

What is human rights when you dealing with a country with 1.5 billion in population? we raised more people out of poverty in the last 5 years than the entire population of america.

how is that america has 5 percent of worlds population has 30 percent of the worlds encarcerated population in jail ?

long live chairman Mao. !

[coltec111]

Free speech should be logic.most westerns have said cannot catch all the truth,even full of lies.but western always monotheistic-ly think what they said r abosolutely true. for chinese,it's hard to find really logic in western monotheistic so-called free speech, they r stupid rather than intelligent.but the western has such a enthusiasm to pass their new religion to everywhere without any sentiment of disgrace.they continue apply their traditionnal crusadic stategy of politc opera,disgraceful.

[Fergus3232]

Boycott China products! Don't make the China government rich by buying China products!

[coltec111]

all the chinese will watch how your stupid species play your role in such a crusadic politic opera. Liuxiaobo is the best crusadic actor in this year, when you can obtain a reward for the best crusadic politic opera actor or actress. bravo!