The Chinese Saga of Olympic Shame Continues...... A year to Beijing
Olympics, Amnesty criticises IOC over rights

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A year to Beijing Olympics, Amnesty criticises IOC over rights

6 Aug 2007, 2359 hrs IST,AFP

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LONDON: Amnesty International warned on Monday that human rights abuses
in China could tarnish the 2008 Beijing Olympics and accused games
officials of weakening resolve after initial pledges to tackle concerns.

With a year to go before the start of the games, the human rights group
said in a report that serious violations "constitute an affront to core
principles in the Olympic Charter" relating to human dignity and ethics.

Amnesty has been in touch with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
but the report said it was "deeply concerned" about their "apparent
reluctance... to take a more proactive stance on human rights issues."

"Indeed, the IOC's initial resolve to 'take action' to ensure that human
rights concerns are addressed appears to have weakened as the Olympic
Games approach," the report said.

Day of Action for Tibet -- Olympic Games cannot cover up China's brutal
occupation of Tibet

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Day of Action for Tibet

Please join us for a march and rally in downtown San Francisco on Aug
8th to take part in an international Day of Action in support of Tibet!

August 8th marks the One Year Countdown to the opening ceremonies of the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

This is a symbolic moment for the Chinese government to promote its
Olympics propaganda and mask the reality of life on the ground inside
China and Tibet.

San Franisco is the only city in North America that will host the torch
on its way to Tibet and around the world and it is already predicted
that the torch relay will be the most widely watched event in the
history of humanity!

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As of 8:02 AM EST, 22,970,903 people have submitted statements
withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party or its affiliated
organizations (for the text in Chinese of all of the statements, please
visit the Tuidang website). Those who are current members of the CCP or
its affiliated organizations are with these statements resigning their
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