|
Olympics 'worsening China
rights'
Reuters
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
China's human rights record is getting worse, not
better, because of the Beijing Olympics, a rights group says.
According to Amnesty International, China is clamping down on
dissent in a bid to portray a stable and harmonious image ahead
of the Games in August.
It urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and world
leaders to speak out against abuses, including China's handling
of protests in Tibet.
US President George W Bush is facing calls to boycott the Games'
opening.
"It would be clearly inappropriate for you to attend the
Olympic Games in China, given the increasingly repressive nature
of that country's government," a group of 15 US politicians
wrote in a letter to Mr Bush on Tuesday.
(Article continues below)
Mr Bush has said he plans to attend the ceremony but Germany's
Angela Merkel says she will not. French President Nicolas Sarkozy
has not ruled out a boycott.
An IOC team is currently in Beijing to assess its readiness for
the Games.
'Beyond reach'
In a report entitled China: The Olympics Countdown, the London-based
group said the Olympics had failed to act as a catalyst for reform
in China.
Full
article here.
|
INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
|
|
