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Wei Jingsheng
Wei Jingsheng is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document Fifth Modernization on the "Democracy Wall" in Beijing in 1978.
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Playing for Human Rights
Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, Wei Jingsheng and Andre Glucksmann Series: Human Rights 2008-08-04PRAGUE -- The selection of Beijing to organize and host the 2008 Olympic Games was accompanied by the Chinese government’s pledges of visible progress on respect for human rights. We understood these as a condition whose fulfillment the International Olympic Committee would demand. That is how this year’s Olympics could contribute to a greater openness and respect for international standards of human rights and liberties in the host country. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 16174
