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Would you still holiday in these countries if you knew their human rights records?
Stunning coastlines, magnificent national parks, bustling cities… and human rights abuses. Here are some of 2017’s most popular holiday destinations and the difficult truths that are being quietly ignored by tourism campaigns.
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Liu Xiabo: A man who spoke truth to power
“Do you think the Chinese government will release him now?” In the piercing cold of a December night in Oslo, the same question kept coming. I had just attended the ceremony to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned human rights advocate, literary critic, and thorn in the side of the Chinese government.
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