Amnesty International in China

05 August 2008 in Internet, Notes, Politics by Stilgherrian | 3 comments

I’ve just recorded an interview with Amnesty International’s Sophie Peer about human rights in China, with an emphasis on Internet censorship. The video is online, though the vision is just me talking on the phone.

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Tags: amnesty international, censorship, china, great firewall, human rights, sophie peer

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Katie Chatfield on 05 August 2008 at 7:57 pm

Thanks for sharing this, and all of your fantastic ‘firewall of china’ links.

It’s food for thought.

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Neerav Bhatt on 05 August 2008 at 9:50 pm

Good on you for doing the interview … glad I could help connect you up with Amnesty’s campaign team, I wrote this blog post a few days ago to do my bit for the cause after having a chat with Sophie Take Action Against Chinese Internet Censorship

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