Dear Times.

Please could this human-rights story go back on the front page for further airing?

The subject of elderly ladies being sent to work camps is an important grass roots issue that looks inside real life for ordinary Chinese. I feel this needs to be brought to wider attention

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

IT, Beijing, China:

"One forgets the fact that their homes and lands were given to them by the communist government 50 years ago. and they never own the land. It has always been the state's property.".......how DARE those women protest!! Evict and re-educate got it!!

Sola, Wellington, NZ

Alistair, Alicante, Spain........if the IOC see fit to give it to Germany when under Hitler (then the worst human rights offender) then it's no surprise that the old fogies would give it to China who now hold the worst human rights title.
Lord knows what they're thinking, if they do at all <sigh>

Sola, Wellington, NZ

To it in Beijing

But it was only the state's property because the CCP appropriated all property from individuals after 1949. And this is not an article about the rights or wrongs of that - it's about why two old women want to protest peacefully and are going to be re-educated for their efforts.

Jane Hilton, Shanghai, China

To Jeremy, Frome

You said: 'my daughter was wrongfully arrested while protesting'

I bet your daughter has not been sent off to a re-education by labour camp. There is a huge difference between what happens here and in China. For you to say that our UK Police 'ensure trouble happens,' is untrue

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

it, Beijing, China.

You said: 'their homes and land were given to them by the CCP and they never own the land.'

Are you offering this as an excuse for their mistreatment or are you saying that landless people have no civil or human rights? Because that's what it sounds like from here.

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

China is the 4th largest economy but in terms of freedom, it's probably ranked 200th. It has a long way to go but things are improving. We didn't have freedom to travel or move about but now we can. It takes time but we have to be patient. I'm confident things will change for the better soon.

Yang, Shanghai, China

I always thought that the 'Free Tibet' banners should have been flying next to 'Free China' banners. We seem to have forgotten or brushed past the fact that China is still run by a harsh communist regime with no respect for individual rights.

Dominic Robinson, London, UK

Human rights must be upheld - this is indisputable. But I cannot count on the media to report fairly and transparently, especially with regard to news from Asia.

SW, Bath, UK

One forgets the fact that their homes and lands were given to them by the communist government 50 years ago. and they never own the land. It has always been the state's property.

it, beijing, china

The world leaders who attended the opening ceremony, so giving approval to China's staging of the Olympics, should be ashamed. I imagine other Chinese with legitimate protests did not dare apply for these permits but Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying probably thought they had little left to lose.

Diana, Derby,

Isn't communism lovely (not)? The government knows best surely (not)! Did anyone honestly believe anything the lying, manipulative, controlling Chinese government said about allowing protests? We are not even allowed to protest in this country without getting approval "due to the terrorism threat"!!

Harry, London, UK

And my 17 year old daughter was wrongfully arrested when protesting at Bush's visit last month. 1200 coppers to watch 2400 protestors

What's the difference between here and China? Not a lot, I think - when did we last see the police permit a peaceful demo in London? THEY ensure trouble happens

Jeremy Poynton, Frome, England

One of the elderly woman is almost blind and crippled. She is currently confined to her home and being watched for any sign of suspicious behaviour by her neighbours. She can now be reported on and taken away at any time to the labour camp. Such is the grass roots of every day life inside China.

Colin, Carmarthen, United Kingdom

This just proves that the IOC are naive and possibly corrupt in granting the games to the Chinese dictatorship. I'm sure there will be a lot of state sponsored traffic to this "blog" telling us how wonderful China is and the west is corrupt and misinformed. Judge for yourself.

Ian M Jones, Reading, UK

Join Amnesty International! The ONLY organisation fighting for humans to be treated as humans!

Chris, London,

We can only imagine the true human cost to the Chinese people of these games.

Wouldn't it be great if our opening ceremony was a march of people who had had their lives saved by the money for the opening being spent on hospitals.

Trevor, Cambridge, UK

What did anyone expect ? It's a disgrace that the Olympics were ever held in China, but the international community is so self-obsessed with jingoistic personal glory that it has been prepared to turn a blind eye to the appalling conduct of this brutal regime. Shame on all of you.

Alastair, Alicante, Spain