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Torch Relay For Human Rights The Global Human Rights Torch Relay is travelling through 150 cities in 35 countries across Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia with the message that the Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot co-exist in China. The Torch arrived in New Zealand December 2007, in following two weeks, it travelled through major NZ cities including Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Queenstown, Mt Cook, Neslon, Napier and Gisborne. The torch relay highlights China's human rights abuse before 2008 Olympics Games, especially plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China. *********************************************************************************** Auckland
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New Zealand Herald: Human rights marchers want Olympic boycott http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10482783 Otago Daily Times: Walkers carrying a torch for humanity The Nelson Mail: Torch relay targets oppression in China http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4338999a6510.html ***********************************************************************************
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