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"The Chinese authorities have blatantly and successfully used the games to achieve political goals, putting the international community on notice that China is a powerful gold-medal state and stoking patriotism and national pride among countless Chinese," said Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China (HRIC). "Yet the carefully orchestrated facade could not conceal a police state that tramples on human rights."
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Incorporating Responsibility 2008 Take Action Campaign - HRIC Press Release:
2008 Beijing Olympics: The Price of National Glorification - HRIC Press Release:
Two Beijing Residents Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor After Applying for Permits to Demonstrate in Olympics "Protest Zones" - HRIC Press Release:
Press Statement: Crackdown Worsens on Eve of Beijing Games - HRIC Press Statement:
Rights Crackdown Intensifies a Month before the Games - HRIC Press Advisory:
Legal Guidelines for Foreigners—Olympic Traps for Foreigners? - HRIC Press Statement:
Five-Year Sentence of Olympics Critic Not Human Rights Progress - China Rights Forum No. 4, 2007:
The Real Situation in Pre-Olympics China - Teng Biao and Hu Jia give their views about the situation on the ground in the countdown to the Olympics.