China Tightens Screws on Dissidents Ahead of Olympics
Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to censor dissenting voices in the run-up to the Olympic Games, a report by two human rights groups charged Thursday. "The context related to the run-up to the Olympic Games in August 2008 has continuously strengthened an environment already hostile to human rights and their defenders," said the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in its annual report ... It cited four people who were arrested after making protests in relation to the Olympic Games.