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| Subject: Filthy China hits back at critics of rights record Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:55 am | |
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China hit back on Tuesday at critics of its human rights record, saying the world was using the Olympics, which Beijing will host in August, as an excuse to make a villain out of its government.
Rights groups have condemned the arrest of activist Hu Jia last month on charges of inciting to subvert the government, but Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu rejected accusations that China was cracking down ahead of the Games.
"On the contrary, some organizations and individuals take the Olympics as an opportunity to play up some subjects as a way to vilify China," Jiang told a regular news conference.
"We resolutely oppose that because it violates the spirit of the Olympics."
But the criticism is not only coming from foreign watchdogs.
A group comprising dozens of Chinese lawyers, academics, editors and writers signed an open letter condemning Hu's arrest and urging the government to improve its human rights record ahead of the Games.
Hu, 34, first came to prominence over his advocacy for AIDS sufferers. He has since closely followed the trials of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and civil rights campaigner Chen Guangcheng among others, e-mailing regular updates on their cases to reporters.
Police have also prevented Hu's wife, fellow activist Zeng Jinyan, their newborn baby and Zeng's elderly mother from leaving the couple's Beijing home.
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And fuck you and your fucking Olympics...
What, you think if you're hosting them, that you get some sort of Papal dispensation? Motherfuckers! You're one of the worst pieces of filth to ever walk and terrorize this globe! And what you do to your own population is even worse! Extermination is too good for you!!!
You're evil personafied!
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