2006 Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek is the president and co-founder of Team Darfur, an international coalition of athletes committed to raising awareness of and ending the human rights crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Team Darfur advocates celebrating the Olympic Spirit as a means to educating the public about Darfur, and does NOT call for a boycott of the 2008 Games.
Yet hours before Cheek was scheduled to leave for Beijing to promote Team Darfur's message of peace for Darfur during the 2008 Olympic Games, Chinese officials revoked his visa and denied him entry with no reason given.
The Bush administration has already committed to protesting this latest outrage. Please help us stand up for Joey Cheek, Team Darfur and the right to free expression. Urge China to reverse their decision and allow Joey Cheek entrance during the 2008 Olympic Games!
We signed the “China: Let Joey Cheek Travel to Beijing!” petition!
# 475:
8:55 pm PDT, Jul 23,Sara Thomas, Texas
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6:20 am PST, Feb 24,Pamela Ifill, Connecticut
# 473:
10:13 pm PST, Feb 14,Jeffrey DeCristofaro, North Carolina
One person's good cause deserves the attention and loyalty of all.
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12:47 am PST, Feb 7,Rosamaria Cisneros-Kostic, Wisconsin
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7:15 pm PST, Jan 21,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
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1:25 am PST, Dec 23,Kristina Smith, South Carolina
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2:22 am PST, Dec 19,Silky Wylder, Wisconsin
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10:14 am PST, Nov 25,William Harper, Georgia
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12:09 pm PST, Nov 8,Elisa Minakis, Canada
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11:21 am PST, Nov 5,Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico
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6:52 pm PDT, Oct 29,Raw Rii, Arizona
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11:51 am PDT, Oct 19,Ruby Kapper, Israel
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7:02 am PDT, Oct 16,Freddie Geisler, Florida
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4:06 pm PDT, Oct 8,Evie Courtney, South Carolina
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1:38 am PDT, Sep 26,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 457:
12:49 am PDT, Sep 20,Name not displayed, Bangladesh
I shall put the petitition to the discrimination of US Embassy, Dhaka for revokation of my multiple entry visa and subsequent reapplication.
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4:59 am PDT, Sep 18,Name not displayed, Florida
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3:47 pm PDT, Sep 15,Kevin Kreiss, North Carolina
# 454:
10:01 am PDT, Sep 9,Jo Stoddard, California
# 453:
10:37 pm PDT, Sep 7,Calm Reason, Hong Kong
China is a sovereign nation and has every right to deny entry of whomever she chooses. How about you pull your murdering troops out of the oil countries so gas prices will again be affordable??
# 452:
1:20 pm PDT, Aug 30,SL VSL, Bulgaria
# 451:
12:14 pm PDT, Aug 27,MDHJohnHollyMKS Quinn, Georgia
