Boycotting The 2008 Olympics In Beijing 
Saturday, January 5th, 2008

FreeTibet.org;Reuters/Vincent Du

The photo above is of cheerleaders rehearsing in a gymnasium in Tianjin municipality yesterday, a team who will attend trials to compete for a chance at performing in the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.  Games, unfortunately, that we will never see.  Because we are boycotting the 2008 Olympics.

I myself already boycott purchasing products that are manufactured or assembled in China.  I cannot support a government that does what the Chinese government is doing, whatsoever.  But not buying anything made in China is very difficult in the U.S. these days, alarmingly so.

Many people have told me it's impossible.

Did you feel compassion when you saw the stories of murder, rape, and starvation in Darfur?  In July 2004 - for the many atrocities that occured in Darfur, Sudan - U.S. Congress unanimously declared that the situation in Darfur constituted genocide.

But do you know Darfur's link to China?

In 2006, China's ambassadar declined U.N. peacekeepers deployment to Darfur, calling it a "good idea and realistic option" that should be done "as soon as feasible;" yet refused the U.N. resolution allowing the peacekeepers to be sent there.

The crisis in Darfur, which is ongoing, began in February of 2003.

Amnesty Internation issued a report accusing China of supplying arms, ammunition and related equipment to Sudan.  The artillery was transferred to Darfur for use by the oppressive government, thus violating a UN arms embargo against Sudan.

Large Chinese oil companies are literally pouring billions into the funding of the war in Darfur.  The Chinese government has effectively watered down every resolution on Darfur in order to protect its interests in Sudan.

The recent sanctions by the Bush administration against Sudan will be useless, as the region is being supplied with what they need from the same place we get it from.  China.

This specific link to the ongoing massacre in Darfur is just one one example of what the Chinese government is doing.  This is to say nothing of the extreme oppression of journalists, press, bloggers, and even regular internet users in Tibet and throughout China.

Nor the deepening religious repression in the Chinese-ruled Himalayan region of Tibet.  The pressure, detainment, and even alleged torture of Tibetian monks and nuns that you have seen in the headlines:  that is thanks to China.

The Olympics. 

From the moment International Olympic Committee members began voting on the location for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, on July 13, 2001, Chinese police received an order to step up their executions of delinquents and intensify repression against their own, whomever chose to speak out against the terrors that stem from Beijing.



1)  Sign the petition, composed by the organizers of the Dream for Darfur campaign, with the simple form here.

2)  Take a quick moment to sent this letter (online) to the selected companies sponsoring the August 2008 Olympics, hosted by China.

3)  If you have a MySpace page, add Boycott Beijing 2008.  You'll be able to keep updated through your MySpace bulletin board.

4)  This is your opportunity to be outspoken about crimes against humanity.  Do not watch the 2008 Summer Olympics, and advise everyone you know, whenever you hear about it, to do the same.

If they don't understand what is really going on, send them to this story.  At least forward the gift of knowledge and truth for the people of Darfur.

This is what you can do.  If you are prepared to stand up for the oppression of religion, speech, and the funding of tyranny, make your statement now.

Refuse to buy anything with the Olympics logo.  Refuse to support these games until they practice what they preach.

BOYCOTT.

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