Human Rights Torch Relay – Urge Chinese Regime to Respect Human Rights in True Olympic Spirit

We, the undersigned, draw the attention of the International Olympic Committee to the following:
Whereas, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International community have noted increasingly deteriorating human rights conditions in China.
Whereas, the recent report from David Kilgour, former Canadian MP and Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific and human rights lawyer David Matas, expose [...]

CIPFG’s Events on the Global Human Rights Torch Relay

Newsletter #1

The objectives of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay are to reveal the
Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tyranny and stop human rights violations,
with the theme that “Olympics and Crimes Against Humanity Cannot Co-exist in
China.” The human rights torch is a symbol of peace, justice and freedom. It
has broken through many obstacles put in place by [...]

Global Human Rights Torch Relay Kicks Off in Athens

By Nicolas Schols
Epoch Times Staff Aug 09, 2007

The Goddess of Justice makes her way through the crowd onto the stage at the Human Rights Torch Relay opening ceremony on the evening of August 9. (Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times)
ATHENS—Syntagma Square, in front of the Hellenic Parliament buildings, August 9, 2007. As dusk sets in, people [...]

Human Rights Torch to Tour NZ

By Charlotte Cuthbertson
Epoch Times Wellington staff Aug 06, 2007

In a global move to quell human rights abuses in China before the Beijing Olympics in 2008, a human rights torch will be lit in Athens, Greece this Thursday.
The torch will travel through Europe and Australia before reaching New Zealand in January.
The Coalition to [...]

‘Human Rights Torch Relay’ Logo and Theme Song Unveiled

Epoch Times Staff Aug 04, 2007

Global Human Rights Torch Relay symbol. (CIPFG)
The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG)—consisting of more than 300 public officials, lawyers, doctors, religious leaders, and human rights advocates—unveiled the logo and theme song for its “Human Rights Torch Relay.” The Coalition plans to ignite a human rights torch [...]