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End China's Human Rights Abuses in Tibet Before the 2008 Olympics

Target: Jacques Rogge, International Olympic Committee President
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Although China is known around the world for violating human rights in Tibet, the International Olympic Committee chose Beijing as the site for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Tens of thousands of Tibetans have been forced to leave their homeland due to the brutal Chinese occupation.

China's current policy toward Tibet includes:

Imprisoning and torturing Tibetans who speak out against the Chinese occupation of Tibet;
Violating religious freedoms, including abducting one of Tibet's most important religious figures when he was only six years old. The boy has not been seen since 1995;
Failing to provide adequate education and health care to Tibetan children, and to eradicate child malnutrition and preventable illnesses; and
Enforcing laws that discriminate against Tibetan identity, culture, and religion.

China has a historic opportunity to change its treatment of Tibetans and show the world that it's worthy to host the 2008 Olympics by negotiating a peace agreement with Tibet's exiled leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Let China know that its successful Olympic bid does NOT mean the world sanctions its mistreatment of Tibetans! CALL ON CHINA TO END HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TIBET.

deadline: 9-4-2008
goal: 10,000

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Dear Mr. Rogge,

I am writing as someone who has been inspired both by the International Olympic Committee's dedication to the Olympic Truce and the Dalai Lama's peaceful efforts to find a negotiated solution for Tibet.

In light of the IOC's Olympic Truce commitment "to create a window of opportunities for dialogue, reconciliation and the resolution of conflicts...and to encourage political leaders to act in favour of peace" (www.olympic.org), it is clear that the IOC ideals and values are very applicable for Tibet as we approach the 2008 Games. The IOC has long contended that awarding Beijing the 2008 Games will improve human rights in China, but as time passes, these assurances have not turned into concrete results.

The IOC should not let the Olympics be used by China to blatantly or insidiously try to legitimize their rule in Tibet or to promote a distorted view of the conditions there. Yet with China's selection of the Tibetan antelope (or chiru) as an Olympic mascot, we are already seeing the first results of a Chinese strategy to misuse Tibet in relation to the 2008 Olympics.

[Your comment]

I ask that you use your good office to make real the lofty ideals of the Olympic Truce and hold Beijing to the same high standard. There is a real opportunity to promote the Olympics Truce with regards to Tibet and to improve the human rights situation there. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “End China's Human Rights Abuses in Tibet Before the 2008 Olympics” petition!

# 300:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Natasha Shpiller, Illinois

# 299:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Name not displayed, New Mexico

# 298:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Maria McKinley, Washington

# 297:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, David Blanding, Michigan

# 296:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Victoria Linkey, Arizona
Free Tibet and its people.

# 295:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Luan Van Le, Texas

# 294:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Donna Patsy, Texas
Please tell China that their behavior in Tibet was and is reprehensible. The world has not forgotten. Tourism for the Olympics will be much less than it might have been because of it.

# 293:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Yvonne Wakefield, Ohio

# 292:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, David Struck, Pennsylvania
Mr. Rogge, your committee is a disgrace, voting to have China have the 2008 Summer Olympics! China has forced abortion and sterilization, and also takes away the rights of people! Please do not have the Olympics there - please repent before it is too late!

# 291:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Jay Rice, California
China is an enormously important country. Your disregard for the rights of the Tibetan People is a disgrace

# 290:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Sidney Toups, North Carolina

# 289:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Colleen Gallagher, New York

# 288:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Laurie Carr, California

# 287:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Steve Fitzgerald, Georgia

# 286:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Tomi McDonald, California
This is the year 2007. I can't believe that people are still being so persecuted for their religious beliefs, heritage, and culture. The olympics should be held in countries where they uphold human and animal rights. Until China does this, they should not be allowed to hold the olympic games.

# 285:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Debra Crowe-kuwaye, Hawaii

# 284:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 283:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Francine Popkin, New Mexico
give the Tibetians Human Rights Today !!!

# 282:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Teresa Jimenez, Texas
Please pay attention to this violating of the human rights in Tibet. This is unacceptable and we the people can make the difference for those people in Tibet. They only want to live in peace. Thank you Sincerely Teresa Jimenez

# 281:

1:00 pm PST, Feb 12, Gillian Merlyn, Georgia

# 280:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Miguel Regojo, Florida

# 279:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Wesley Vincent, New Mexico

# 278:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Lori Widelitz-Cavallucci, Pennsylvania

# 277:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Christine Muller, Nebraska
If China wishes to show the world that they have become a "modernized" nation, then they need to treat all of their citizens humanely. Hosting the Olympics will not earn them respect on a global scale; changing their policy on Tibet will.

# 276:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Daniel Lippman, Massachusetts

# 275:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Cathleen Carlson, California
How is it that you are willing to hold the Olympics, which began at the very beginning of democracy in Greece, in a totalitatian, communist, imperialistic power, who annexed Tibet and call it their own! I will boycott watching the Olympics for the first time in my life because you give them status of a democracy! I will invite my friends and family to also boycott them!

# 274:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, J Timothy Dotson, New Mexico
I would hope that the international community might have even more conscience than any American community right now...just by virtue of what else is going on out there on the planet. We can't seem to put the reins on a rogue president who never should have been in office in the first place, to me...it might be a real stretch to think we (Americans) could do something about the inhumane acts of the chinese government. Hard to believe with Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo hanging over our heads. Nonetheless, people of conscience must group together and keep on trying. Maybe if we can get our butts out of Iraq, then we can get China out of Tibet...you think? Both things would be very nice for all us humanitarian thinkers. I am trying not to hold my breath, but one can only hope. Please help free Tibetans...and hopefully Iraq also (as well as any oppressed people or country on this planet). Vote anti-Bush!

# 273:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Patricia Hval, Rhode Island

# 272:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Rex Womack, California
Shame on you for holding the Olympics in China. Will the next Olympics be held in Sudan?

# 271:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Debra Evans, Ohio
I will boycott the olympics while they are in China. Shame on you!

# 270:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Sarah Lais, Massachusetts

# 269:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Bill O'Connor, Missouri
With deep respect I request that China reconsider their treatment of the Tibetans. They are human beings who have the right to life and rights.

# 268:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Stacey Wood, California

# 267:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Catherine Larkin, Massachusetts

# 266:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Irmgard Conley, Washington

# 265:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Sharon McCarthy, California
Please recognize the spirit that is equal amongst all humans and treat the Tibetans as beings whole unto themselves. Is this not our higher purpose?

# 264:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Nancy Lowe, California

# 263:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Erik Mcdarby, Pennsylvania

# 262:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Claudia Dikinis, California
Dear Mr. Rogge, although The Olympics is never meant to be political, how can we ignore the elephant in the livingroom? China has violently aggressed against Tibet since the late 50's and continues to do so. I'm saddened that this country won the bid for the Olympics and that the almighty Dollar/Yuan is all that seems to matter in the world. I will not be attending the games nor will I even watch them. Not unless TIBET IS FREED. (P.S., The USA needs to get a clue about human rights).

# 261:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Charu Goyle, Georgia

# 260:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Denise Mitchell, California

# 259:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Marah R.V., United Arab Emirates

# 258:

12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Bryan Todd, California

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12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Name not displayed, Washington

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12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Tracy Sawyer, Oregon

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12:59 pm PST, Feb 12, Christina Harwood, North Carolina

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12:58 pm PST, Feb 12, Rachael Stackhouse, New York

# 253:

12:58 pm PST, Feb 12, Jan Paley, California

# 252:

12:58 pm PST, Feb 12, Caroline Byerly, California

# 251:

12:58 pm PST, Feb 12, Linda Zimmerman, California

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