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The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece: Human rights activists gathered in Athens on Thursday to launch a global "human rights torch relay" to highlight allegedly widespread human rights abuses in China, one year ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group — which is banned in China — led the protest, attending a flame lighting ceremony in central Athens for the relay which organizers said will include about 25 countries.
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By Karolos Grohmann
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of human rights activists from across the world gathered in central Athens on Thursday to launch a global torch relay urging the boycott of the 2008 Beijing Olympics over China's human rights record. Beijing has been under fire for what groups say are extensive human rights violations, including against the spiritual group Falun Gong, ahead of next year's Games.
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This is a special edition of the newsletter to draw attention to the growing worldwide concern over China’s human rights abuses in the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. If China is allowed to host the next Olympics without first ending its morally corrupt human rights abuses, especially the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, it will be a sad indictment on the moral standards of the world as a whole.
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