Posted in China, Human Rights, Political, UK politics, US Politics, World on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Amnesty International has released it’s report on the use of the Death Penalty across the globe during the year 2007. It estimates that official executions claimed the lives of 1252 individuals with the largest amount of executions taking place in the People’s Republic of China. The official count in China stands at least 470 but [...]
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, Economy, Events, Free Market, Freedom of Speech, Government, Human Rights, Political, UK politics, democracy, rant, tagged Beijing Olympics on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I wanted to write a post about the protests that have taken place around the world as the olympic torch has been carried from nation to nation in a badly judged public relations exercise by the Chinese Administration.
When I got plane to return to the UK I saw the scenes that greeted the Olympic relay [...]
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, UK politics, Uncategorized, tagged Beijing Olympics on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Amnesty International has released a report which claims that Human Rights in China have not been furthered by the oncoming Olympic Games but have actually worsened as dissidents and activists face severe repression in an attempt by the Chinese Authorities to present a united and harmonious front for their games.
The organisation has called for the [...]
Posted in China, Civil Liberties, Violence, World on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
In fact if anything the West might have a slightly better track record in this particular area although that remains debatable. The Chinese authorities continue with their crackdown on Tibetan civilians who have dared to get upset about the continued occupation of their country and the daily discrimination that they face under the pseudo-communist blanket [...]
Posted in Censorship, China, Freedom of Information, Human Rights on September 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m often amazed at how quickly nations pick themselves back up after the worst humiliations of war, genocide, famine and near to total destruction; it speaks volumes about the innate resilience of the human race.
You have to consider when terrible things take place the challenges to a population to move on and get on must [...]
