Olympics bosses warned on press freedom – Julia Day

From Guardian Unlimited (link):

A journalism watchdog has voiced concern over the International Olympic Committee‘s attitude to press freedom in China ahead of the 2008 games in Beijing.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said the IOC must look more carefully at the guarantees made by the Chinese government.

“Our colleagues in China tell us that the government’s media policies are the most repressive they have been since the aftermath of the crackdown on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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