phorbesie Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 if you want to support the sudanese, tibetans, burmese etc. there is a gathering in front of the embassy to protest china's human rights violations. OTTAWA -- A coalition of human rights groups from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa will rally at the Chinese embassy on August 7, hours before the opening ceremonies of the Beijing summer Olympics. The Human Dignity Event will draw attention to China's failure to meet important human rights commitments it made when it bid to host the 2008 games.International human rights activist and former Miss World Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a featured speaker.What: Human Dignity RallyWhen: Thursday, August 7, 2008 12:00 noon - 1:00 pmWhere: Embassy of the People's Republic of China, 515 St. Patrick St.(across the street)Who:Nazanin Afshin-Jam (international human rights activist, former Miss World Canada)Canada Tibet CommitteeCanadian Friends of BurmaCommittee to Investigate the Persecution of Falun GongHon. Irwin Cotler, M.P.Darfurian Community of OttawaFalun GongFederation for a Democratic China (Canada)Former Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific David KilgourReporters without BordersThubten Samdup (Founding President of the Canada Tibet Committee)South Sudan-Canada AssociationTaiwan-Canada associationUyghur-Canadian communityVietnamese Federation of Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Thanks for posting this, but I have a question, and please pardon my ignorance of world issues:What does Sudan have to do with China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted August 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 quick answer...you know about what's been going on in darfur right? well china backs that regime.cf. there are some articles around lately about a sudanese olympian being rejected his chinese visa b/c of speaking against this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 China is a major consumer of Sudanese oil and has blocked strong action on the UN Security Council to punish the Sudanese government for supporting militia in Darfur, where four years of violence have left more than 300,000 people dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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