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don't askTopic: human rights
"Russia's Novosti news agency reported that in Gansu province alone the Public Security Bureau has arrested 2302 people since the pro-Dalai Lama protests began in mid-March, with 432 (including 170 monks) still in custody. That suggests the total arrested across the Tibet Autonomous Region itself, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan, might run into many more thousands."
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ACT GREENS MLA DEB FOSKEY MEDIA RELEASE
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15 April 08
Chinese security and human rights?
ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey today called on the ACT Government to explain
the rules of engagement for Chinese security officers who will accompany
the torch.
"Kevan Gosper for the IOC has announced that Chinese 'Torch Protectors'
will travel behind the torch when the relay is run in Canberra" Dr
Foskey said today.
"The questions I would like the ACT Chief Minister or the AFP
Commissioner to answer are:
* If the Chinese Security Officers will be carrying weapons
* If they will be required to comply with ACT Human Rights
framework
* On what occasions will they be asked to assist the police or
Australian security officers on duty and what are their rules of
engagement?"
"I had understood from the ACT Government that all necessary security
would be managed by the AFP."
"This appears to be a complete backflip."
"I know the Chief Minister has absolute confidence in the AFP. How does
the use of a bus load of 'Torch Protectors' sit with that belief?" Dr
Foskey asked.
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Roland Manderson Media Advisor
ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey
Legislative Assembly for the ACT
ph(02)62050551 m 0412241379
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The pro China rally here recently has been well analysed here via ClubTroppo blog ezine: Jeremy is bemused by pro-China protests.
