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Breaking News - Mainland Chinese people, eagerly hope for the Human Rights Torch Relay to reach China

Since the ignition of the Human Right Torch Relay on the 9th August in Athens, Greece, it has made its journey to over twenty countries across the world. With support and concerns given by all walks of lives in the past two months, the Mainland Chinese people broke through layers of layers of blockade to send their voices overseas, expressing their support of the Human Rights Torch Relay and their hopes for the arrival of the Human Rights Torch Relay to reach China.

Please listen to the announcement read out by mainland Chinese, support of the Human Rights Torch Relay and their longing for the arrival of the Torch Relay in China.
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We hope eagerly the Human Rights Torch Relay will arrive in China soon and let the heavenly single spark start a prairie fire. Because so far most of the ordinary people in China have do not have any basic human rights which modern civilians should have, there are no election under democracy; no multi-parties taking turn; no media freedom; no supervision by public opinion; so for the officials, they do not care about how ordinary people are suffering from the extremely hard way of life at all.

It has been a common phenomenon of the cahoots between traders and officials, and the corruption of the government. Without any supervision, the officials deprive the land, housing and private properties of the people unscrupulously through their power in hand.

There is no place for people to speak up and petition. They have to appeal in Beijing in crowds, while being treated as a crazy repression by China’s dictatorship. The appealers were bashed and arrested, and even some beaten to death.

We look forward to the Human Rights Torch Relay to arrive in China soon, and let the heavenly single spark start a prairie fire, which can urge the Chinese government to improve the situation of Human Rights, and stop offending against the laws.
With many of us hoping for the arrival of the Human Rights Torch Relay in China, Chinese people would appreciate having their rights acknowledged and bestowed upon by the constitutions of the People’s Republic of China at an early date. The legislative politics would be implemented according to the regulations stipulated in the constitutions, so as to protect every citizen and to have the right of freedom of speech, rights to their private properties, to safeguard and supervise their rights and their rights to general elections, and also to enjoy and exercise a variety of rights entitled to citizens in a modern and civilized country.

We eagerly hope for the Human Rights Torch Relay to arrive in China soon and let the heavenly single spark start a prairie fire. Many people have the same wish; all of us hope the Human Rights Torch Relay will arrive in China soon. When China applied to host the 2008 Olympic Games in July 2001, they promised to improve China’s human rights, but there have been no essential improvements in the latest seven years.

The persecution to some people like Gao zhisheng, LiHe marty and others who opposed the Communist party are more severe. The Chinese Communist Party violated their promise, and most of the Olympics preparation work has broken laws and their promise, which has lead to the people losing their land, forcing them to become homeless, and most left them in difficult situations.

The Chinese Communist Party, despise the international society and have betrayed their people. We protest strongly against human rights violations caused by the Chinese government. So in China especially in Shanghai, the despotism is even more severely to imposed on us. Some of us were beaten every time we went to Beijing and in the recent two years we have been beating more severely. So we hope the Global human Rights Torch Relay will arrive in China soon to bring hope for us.

At present, the Global Human Rights Torch Relay reached its first stop in Australia, Sydney at 10:00am on the 27th October, which will be lit in multiple cities in Australia over a two-month period. It then will land in New Zealand.

The above news is brought to you by Xulin, reported by Erin Toirkens, Jenny Settle and Xiaoguan for Breaking News on SOH Radio Network.