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President Bush: Boycott Olympics Opening Ceremony

Target: President George Bush
Sponsored by: Care2

When China was awarded the 2008 games seven years ago, the international community expected that this opportunity would help improve China's human rights record. Yet the world has witnessed exactly the opposite. Despite rallying cries around the world, China continues its harsh crackdown on protesters in Tibet and internal dissent, most recently by imprisoning noted human rights activist Hu Jia. But with the blazing tour of the Olympic torch, millions of protesters from Paris to San Francisco have been speaking out passionately for human rights in China, Tibet, Darfur and Burma. President Bush has a unique opportunity to speak out for those who are silenced. By boycotting the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, President Bush can join other world leaders in urging China to stop its repression of activists and work to improve human rights at home and in Darfur and Burma where China wields great influence.

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Dear President Bush,

I am deeply disturbed by China's violent crackdown on activists and journalists in Tibet. I am also outraged at China's recent imprisonment of human rights activist Hu Jia. It is clear to me that instead of improving its human rights record as part of being awarded the 2008 Olympic Games, China is instead using the Games as an opportunity to further repress free speech in China and Tibet.

I urge you to demonstrate the US leadership in protecting human rights by taking this unique opportunity to pressure China to improve its human rights record. Specifically, I call on you to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing to send a clear message to the Chinese government that we as a freedom-loving nation will not stand by and watch China abuse, repress and imprison citizens, activists and journalists who speak truth to power.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “President Bush: Boycott Olympics Opening Ceremony” petition!

# 50:

5:52 am PDT, Apr 9, Cheryl Frymark, Wisconsin

# 49:

5:49 am PDT, Apr 9, Matthew Tae, Pennsylvania
China's is preparing to become a world power and by recent and past behavior, want to be the big bully who dominates. They must be told that they are wrong.

# 48:

5:48 am PDT, Apr 9, Ginger Geronimo, Alabama

# 47:

5:40 am PDT, Apr 9, Jeanie Johnson, Wisconsin

# 46:

5:32 am PDT, Apr 9, Susan Evilsizer, Ohio

# 45:

5:24 am PDT, Apr 9, Carlo Lopez, Italy

# 44:

5:23 am PDT, Apr 9, Sardine Tea, New York

# 43:

4:54 am PDT, Apr 9, Matt White, New Hampshire

# 42:

4:51 am PDT, Apr 9, Lara Budic, Croatia

# 41:

4:50 am PDT, Apr 9, William Harper, Georgia

# 40:

4:43 am PDT, Apr 9, Leclaire Jérôme, France

# 39:

4:35 am PDT, Apr 9, Candy LeBlanc, California

# 38:

4:29 am PDT, Apr 9, Cassandra Taylor, United Kingdom

# 37:

4:28 am PDT, Apr 9, Christos Kallitsis, Greece

# 36:

3:57 am PDT, Apr 9, Ana White, Washington

# 35:

3:53 am PDT, Apr 9, Kimberly Crane, Arizona
REFUSE... to condone this behaviors!! We want NO part of it. U know us peoples... The ones YOU really work for???

# 34:

3:52 am PDT, Apr 9, Kathy Davies, United Kingdom
Please don't waste this opportunity to speak up for those that don't have a voice.

# 33:

3:51 am PDT, Apr 9, Vidya Sims, California

# 32:

3:38 am PDT, Apr 9, Joanne Jaber, Ohio

# 31:

3:18 am PDT, Apr 9, Ani Vaseva, Bulgaria

# 30:

3:12 am PDT, Apr 9, Steve Klein, Canada

# 29:

3:09 am PDT, Apr 9, ALPHA WI, Germany

# 28:

2:55 am PDT, Apr 9, Dogan Ozkan, Turkey

# 27:

2:48 am PDT, Apr 9, Belnda Duprat, India
PROVE YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND IT IS NOT ONLY OIL OR RICH COUNTRIES YOU TAKE INTEREST IN - BOYCOTT THE OLYMPICS AND IGNORE CHINA'S AGGRESSION WHICH HAS A RECORD AS LONG AS CHINA HAS BEEN A COUNTRY

# 26:

2:47 am PDT, Apr 9, Joseph De Lengyel, New Jersey
Does not this country stand for decency?

# 25:

2:05 am PDT, Apr 9, Name not displayed, India

# 24:

1:55 am PDT, Apr 9, John Miller, Illinois

# 23:

1:36 am PDT, Apr 9, Attilio Scialino, Portugal

# 22:

1:24 am PDT, Apr 9, Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
Yes!

# 21:

12:53 am PDT, Apr 9, Jeff Stamper, California

# 20:

9:59 pm PDT, Apr 8, Bonita Wolfblack-Fletcher, Utah
We definitely should boycott the Olympics. By participating in the opening ceremonies we are condoning China's brutal acts of hostilities on humans. How can one celebrate the event while just miles away people are being tortured, raped and murdered.

# 19:

9:57 pm PDT, Apr 8, Janet Kologe, Pennsylvania

# 18:

9:57 pm PDT, Apr 8, Diana Martz - Animalspirit, Indiana

# 17:

9:49 pm PDT, Apr 8, Marlena Zaro, California

# 16:

9:44 pm PDT, Apr 8, Angelo Feldkamp, Wisconsin
The USA must do ALL in its authentic power to put pressure on China to act humanely in human rights situations.

# 15:

9:43 pm PDT, Apr 8, Dinda Evans, California

# 14:

9:42 pm PDT, Apr 8, Dennis Cast, Oklahoma
China has a horrible human rights record and it didn't begin with Tibet.Millions were slaughtered by Moa Tse Tung in the '60's and "70's.Since China depends on the U.S. as a place to dump its "made by slave labor" goods we could easily leverage economic pressure on them.

# 13:

9:33 pm PDT, Apr 8, Dalia Hettfield, California

# 12:

9:21 pm PDT, Apr 8, Elliot Schloss, New York

# 11:

9:19 pm PDT, Apr 8, Joan Widdifield, North Carolina
The U.S. should not collude with China because of their human rights record and history of slaughtering over one million Tibetans, and stripping them of their culture and land.

# 10:

9:14 pm PDT, Apr 8, Tiki Nilsen, California
ditto #8!

# 9:

9:09 pm PDT, Apr 8, August Endsley, Texas

# 8:

9:04 pm PDT, Apr 8, Georgia Mattingly, Colorado
China needs to be held responsible for it's inhumane actions against the Tibetans. A boycott of the opening of the 2008 Olympics by the United States would make it clear to the Chinese government, and to the rest of the world, that violent suppression of a people will not be tolerated. I think it is not unlike the situation prior to World War II when the United States boycotted the Olympics in Germany to demonstrate disapproval of the totalitarian regime of Adolph Hitler. Are not the actions of the Chinese governement against the Tibetan people comparable in it's violence and suppression of human rights? President Bush needs to stand up for what is morally right, not what is monetarily strategic.

# 7:

8:59 pm PDT, Apr 8, Pamela Soledad Farías, Chile

# 6:

8:52 pm PDT, Apr 8, Name not displayed, New York

# 5:

8:52 pm PDT, Apr 8, Kat Ferrara, New Jersey
DONT GO. Show the world you do care about humans and animals. How can you support China when time after time they have shown the world they dont CARE!

# 4:

8:52 pm PDT, Apr 8, Elissa Weindling, New York
Human rights over sports--an easy choice, no?

# 3:

8:52 pm PDT, Apr 8, Name not displayed, California

# 2:

8:50 pm PDT, Apr 8, Angela Smith, Massachusetts

# 1:

4:19 pm PDT, Apr 8, Siobhan Harrington, Washington

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