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Internet Restrictions and Human Trafficking



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[|video-China Human rights] In an interview, Sinologist Jean-Philippe Beja talks about how he thinks the international community can best approach China's uncertain human rights record. He talks about the Chinese leaders using the contradictions between different counrtries to prevent unity when discussing these issues with China.

[|Advancing Human Rights in China- Interview] In this interview conducted by the Beijing-based bimonthly //Human Rights// with Kerstin Leitner, Resident Co-ordinator of the United Nations System's Operational Activities for Development, and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme says, "We value each and every one of us, irrespective of where we are, whether we are tall or small, whether we are poor or rich, whether we are women or men, whether we are in a poor country or in a rich country. We are all equal. We all have the right to be treated with the same dignity, we all have the right to not go hungry, to have a chance to life. This is what human rights are about." This shows how Leitner feels about human rights. She expresses concern about the state of China regarding human rights.

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[|China Human Trafficking] This website tells about the human rights issue of human trafficking in China. The reader really gets a glimpse of the severity of this issue through this passage,"Many are recruited by false promises of employment and are later coerced into prostitution or forced labor. Children are sometimes recruited by traffickers who promise their parents that their children can send remittances back home. In poorer areas, most trafficked women are sold as wives to old and disabled unmarried men. In richer areas, most trafficked women are sold to commercial sex businesses, hair salons, massage parlors and bathhouses.2 Chinese children were also kidnapped and sold for adoption." This website illustrates how big of a problem human trafficking has has become. [|Internet Restrictions] Human Rights in China (HRIC) submited this written statement to promote discussion on global Internet and human rights issues to stress the importance of protecting freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of the press.

[|China human rights violations] On the China Human Rights Fact Sheet, it talks about human rights violations in the People's Republic of China, and how they remain remain systematic and widespread. It says, "Chinese government continues to suppress dissenting opinions and maintains political control over the legal system, resulting in an arbitrary and sometimes abusive judicial regime."

[|China's human rights record 'poor and worsening': US] This article tells how the record of China's human rights violations is bad, and is headed in the wrong direction. More violations continue to spot their record.