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Human Rights

July 31, 2008

When Beijing was named as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, many questioned its suitability in the context of human rights. DW-WORLD.DE presents a dossier on the most recent developments in the debate.

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A peace activist of Council for Tibet Freedom Movement gestures with painted face and hands during a campaign to make an appeal to boycott Beijing Olympics in China, in Bhopal, India, 12 April 2008.
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When Beijing was named as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, many questioned its suitability in the context of China's record on human rights. DW-WORLD.DE presents a dossier on the most recent developments in the debate.
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