June 19, 2002
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Amnesty International has released its annual report on human rights violations. The Washington Post, for example, focused on the report's conclusion that U.S. measures to combat terrorism "undermined U.S. moral authority" and made only one passing reference to China. The media ignored the watchdog's finding that serious human rights violations increased in 2001 in China.
Amnesty International uncovered China's increased use of torture, continued suppression of free speech, new restrictions on the media and the Internet, religious persecution, and the use of violence to break up labor and farm protests. [Over 400] Falun Gong [practitioners] were reported to have been tortured to death while in police custody and thousands remain arbitrarily detained or imprisoned. But we stopped caring about human rights violations when China dangled the prospect of huge new markets before U.S. companies and the Congress.
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http://www.aim.org/publications/media_monitor/2002/06/19.html
Category: Falun Dafa in the Media
