A group of Taiwanese critics of China on Thursday announced a plan to launch a rival torch relay to highlight human rights abuses on the mainland, months after the island rejected the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch.The announcement came as New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said China's dire human rights record and a renewed crackdown on media freedom may spoil the Chinese government's hopes of a successful coming-out-party at the Olympics...
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