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OAPs avoid Chinese labour camp

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Published Date: 30 August 2008
CHINESE authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labour camp after they applied for a protest permit during the Olympics, a human rights group said today.
No reason was given for the reversal, New York-based Human Rights in China said in a statement.

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  • Last Updated: 30 August 2008 11:44 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: 2008 Olympics
 
 

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