After Spielberg dropping out of the Olympics Committee, the question has been raised here and there about whether China deserves so much negative publicity around the Olympics.

A lot of people are wary of the reasons why Western Countries like the US and European  would sack China given their own poor record in Human Rights issues.  To all those, I say, You are right. With Guantanamo becoming a source of much embarrassment for the US, how dare they’d tell China what to do. My other answer is: Who cares? Who cares that the US has its own cleaning up to do. Also, the outcry is not coming only from the US but from the rest of the World as well. Do you think children being burned alive, mothers being raped and villages being torched actually care who is shedding light on their condition. They don’t and I sure don’t either. I will be the first to criticize the US when it comes to hypocrisy, but this strays away from the matter.
Furthermore, there is a more detached argument out there to not spoil the fun, these are the Olympics. Politics should therefore not have anything to do with it.Well, if this is the only way to rally the world to ask for justice, then so be it. The problem is not just that China does business with the Government of Sudan, it also provides arms and weapons that fuel the conflict, but even worst is the fact that it vetoes any Security Council’s resolution for intervention. It’s funny how all the veto powers of the Security Council are Human Rights abusers.
Anyway, my point is they deserve all of this…and then some.
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Dear M,

The World is Watching

All eyes are on the 2008 Olympics in China. The Chinese Government must help end the genocide in Darfur.

Click here to send a strong message to China.

I started as President of the Save Darfur Coalition last week, and I have already witnessed your power to make a difference. You told China to help end genocide. And we’re picking up steam!

Thanks in large part to your emails and phone calls, members of Congress, Nobel laureates, Olympic athletes, world leaders, and Steven Spielberg sent a strong message: China cannot look the other way while the people of Darfur suffer.

Let’s keep the momentum going!This week, we released a joint statement with our partner organizations outlining four essential actions China should take, beyond private pressure on Sudan, to help end genocide in Darfur.

Will you join us? Click here to read the joint statement and to urge China to use its power to help end genocide.

The joint statement, released in partnership with ENOUGH Project, Genocide Intervention Network, STAND, and Dream for Darfur, highlights China’s constant resistance to help end the violence, starvation and disease that plague the people of Darfur. But the world is watching as China prepares for the 2008 Olympics.

This week, President Hu received letters from Congress and world leaders, and hundreds of activists gathered in 16 cities around the world to urge China to act. With the increased pressure, director Steven Spielberg made worldwide headlines by quitting his post as an artistic advisor for the Olympic Games to make sure China knows its ties to the Sudanese government are unacceptable.

We must capitalize on this momentum and show China that its indifference is unacceptable. We will not let up until they produce results! Click here to send a strong message to China.

After you have sent your message, please click here to ask your friends and family to join you.

Thank you again for your dedication to the people of Darfur.

Best regards,

Jerry Fowler
Save Darfur Coalition

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The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations whose mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of more than two million people in the Darfur region. To learn more, please visit http://www.SaveDarfur.org.
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