Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Amid Protests, China Dog-Meat Festival Gets Low-Key Opening

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China's southern city of Yulin began its annual dog meat festival on Tuesday despite opposition from animal rights activists, as residents complained of new government measures to keep the festival low key. The event features consumption of the meat with thousands of dogs expected to be killed. Animal rights activists this month handed Beijing authorities a petition with 11 million signatures protesting against the festival, which they say is cruel. Though there was only a small...

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