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Leaving Fear Behind
What do Tibetans in Tibet think about the Beijing Olympic Games? The documentary, Leaving Fear Behind, examines this question and a lot more besides. For five months, from October 2007 to March 2008, amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his monk cameraman, Golok Jigme, secretly filmed in Tibet. They were both arrested at the end of March after the protests erupted, but not before they had managed to smuggle their tapes safely to Switzerland.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Mar 6, 2009 -
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AI's Beijing Olympics campaign
Prior to the opening of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, 2008, thousands of activists around the world took part in Amnesty International's campaign for human rights in China.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Dec 5, 2008 -
Bush speaks up before Beijing Olympics
President George W Bush criticized China's human rights record in a speech given in Thailand - his last trip to Asia as US President - on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Aug 7, 2008 -
Censored Internet at Beijing Olympics
BBC’s Beijing correspondent, James Reynolds demonstrated the limited access to the Internet at the Olympic press center in Beijing.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 30, 2008 -
AI's aerial art - Beijing Olympics
On July 12, 2008, Amnesty International held a global day of action using human aerial art to call on the Chinese authorities to ensure a positive human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics. Thousands of AI supporters from around the world teamed up with Circle Up Now, to create large images on the ground which are only fully visible from above.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 16, 2008 -
Human rights abuses in Tibet
Fifteen-year-old Ngawang Sangdrol's life changed forever after she took part in a peaceful demonstration in Lhasa. She was arrested in 1992 for that and was subjected to beatings, solitary confinement and other forms of torture or ill-treatment in prison. She was released ten years later on medical parole.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Light the way for human rights
Olympic runner Wilson Kirwa urges Chinese authorities to use the Olympic spirit to improve their human rights situation.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Economy & human rights
Li Xiaorong, a research scholar at the University of Maryland Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy, sees the good, the bad and the ugly that globalization has brought to China.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Opportunity for change
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, says she would like to "see the possibility of an engaged debate with a wider cross section of Chinese society".Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
The Great Firewall of China
"Think of your life after you've spoken out." A journalist and a lawyer discuss the world's most sophisticated Internet censor - the Chinese authorities.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
No trial, no justice?
Forced labor, beatings, verbal abuse - Lou Hongwei recalls her life in a Re-education Through Labor (RTL) facility. In China, RTL allows the Chinese police to lock up people for up to four years without trial. Lou's husband Bu Dongwei is currently detained under this system.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Spending the Olympics in jail
While the world celebrates the Beijing Olympics, human rights activist Hu Jia will spend it in jail.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Fatally flawed? China's death penalty
Chinese citizen Nie Shubin was executed for rape and murder in 1995. Since then, another man has confessed to the crime. Nie is one of the many victims of unfair trials in China. This illustrates how errors are irrevocable.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
Game for a better tomorrow?
In 2001 the Chinese authorities said that allowing Beijing to host the games would help the development of human rights. Would China live up to its promise?Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 15, 2008 -
AI aerial art announcement
Amnesty International's global day of action on July 12, 2008 aims to use human aerial art to call on the Chinese authorities to ensure a positive human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics.Collected in Scentless Apprentice Jul 11, 2008 -
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2046 What do Tibetans in Tibet think about the Beijing Olympic Games? The documentary, Leaving Fear Behind, examines this question and a lot more besides. For five months, from October 2007 to March 2008, amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and his monk cameraman, Golok Jigme, secretly filmed in Tibet. They were both arrested at the end of March after the protests erupted, but not before they had managed to smuggle their tapes safely to Switzerland.
Mar 6, 2009