'Human rights' badge unveiled by French Olympians

April 04, 2008

Rights activists are seeking to use the Olympic torch-carrying in Paris on Monday to criticise China's human rights record. Reporters Without Borders wants participants to wear T-shirts depicting the five trademark Olympic rings as handcuffs. But French Olympic athletes, backed by organisers, are instead proposing a badge which they say supports human rights without offending the event's host nation.