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Human Rights Organizations Focus on China, Sudan
Multiple organizations work to unite efforts on global human rights
Conflict at Highest Levels of China Dictatorship
Political reform necessary as secretive highest levels of China dictatorship in power struggle
China Dissident’s Nephew Arrested as Dictatorship Revenge
Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng China dissident’s nephew arrested in further repression of his family
Dictatorship Defends China Corruption Victims Abuse
Citizens who petition central government soon caught in system of China corruption victims abuse
Democracy Dissident Denounces China’s Dirty Wealth
China’s dirty wealth built by political families denounced by famous dissident writer Liao Yiwu
Advancing Technology is the Foundation of Democracy
Technology is the foundation of democracy and a key factor the end of dictatorships. As the pace of technological change has quickened, inherently inflexible dictatorships have found it increasingly impossible to keep pace with the constant state of reform and self-criticism necessary for a functioning government.
China AIDS Activists Fight Dictatorship Hypocricy
Playing politics with disease policy and public information angers oppressed China AIDS activists
Ghastly Self Burning Tibetans Show Deteriorating Crisis
Dozens of self burning Tibetans have killed themselves or more wounded themselves in China protest
China’s Blind Lawyer Recognized for Democracy Activism
Chen Guangcheng, China’s blind lawyer recognized for continued fight for nation’s most vulnerable