NGOs: China Is Breaking Olympics Promises

As thousands of journalists arrive in China, authorities are blocking Web sites of Amnesty International and other groups.

In the months preceding the Beijing Olympics, officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) assured wary journalists they would have unfettered access to the Internet while reporting the Games. In April, for instance, IOC official Hein Verbruggen, who was head of the inspection team in Beijing this spring, told ... Full Story »