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...have official sanction. The zones were met with skepticism from human rights advocates. Nicholas Bequelin, a researcher with the NGO Human Rights Watch, called it "a protest pen" meant to segregate demonstrators. "It's a system that has been set in place to deflect criticism about the lack of freedom to protest, the lack of freedom of assembly and demonstration in China," he says...
...that read, "One World, One Dream; Free Tibet 2008" on the Great Wall. She says Tibetan activists will try again to conduct public protests during the Games. "For us it's a historic moment," she says. "It's an opportunity to raise the Tibetan crisis of human rights and freedom and to bring it to the international community and the Chinese leadership...
...those without an Olympic berth, just making it to Beijing could prove trying. Jean-Francois Julliard, deputy director of Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based press freedom group that was active in protesting during the international torch relay, says its members had their latest visa applications for China rejected. "They want the Olympic Games to be a big success without any demonstrations or any critical activities," he says. If protesters can't even make it into the country, then Beijing may find its protest zones blissfully complaint free...
...they are involved in an accident. In terms of traffic engineering, Vanderbilt endorses commonsensical solutions: roundabouts over intersections (they cause drivers to pay more attention), congestion pricing (fewer cars on the road) and the "all-purpose solution to safer roads" (lower speed limits). Each is, of course, anathema to freedom-loving, fast-driving, car-obsessed Americans...
...Colombia Freedom From FARC On July 20, the 198th anniversary of Colombian Independence Day, hundreds of thousands marched in cities across the nation to call for the release of hostages held by leftist rebel groups like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The guerrilla group--which is said to hold an estimated 700 hostages--has suffered a streak of setbacks this year, including the death of its top two commanders and the July 2 rescue by government forces of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages. Betancourt herself appeared at a rally in Paris--one of dozens that took place...