PARIS: As China celebrated sports and spectacle, protesters across the world Friday sought to yank the spotlight away from the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing and shine it on human rights issues. In Ankara, a member of China's Uighur...

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August 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Three American Christians were arrested for a second time in Beijing, China earlier this week. Rev. Pat Mahoney, Brandi Swindell, and Michael McMonagle were arrested and forcibly dragged away as they knelt in...
Campaigners for Tibetan autonomy made their presence felt close to the Olympic stadium itself, but the most dramatic demonstration of dissent came from another minority group, ethnic Uighurs from Xinjiang Province, when one protester set himself...
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LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of people joined protests around the globe Friday accusing China of relentless human rights abuses as the Beijing Olympics kicked off with a dazzling, three-hour opening ceremony. Demonstrators took to the streets of...