- Signatures: 849
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 11-15-2007
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In 2001, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded China the 2008 Olympic Games to take place in Beijing. The IOC reasoned that this move would improve human rights in China and therefore Tibet. China has of yet to work toward a genuine solution for Tibet. China continues to illegally occupy Tibet, suppressing fundamental human rights of the Tibetan people.
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the six year-old boy whom His Holiness The Dalai Lama identified as one of Tibet's most important religious figures, disappeared in 1995. China refused to recognize the child as the 11th Panchen Lama. In 1996, suspicions that the child and his family were kidnapped, were confirmed. China admitted to the UN Commissioner on the Rights of the Child, that the child and his family were being held in "Protective Custody," and his whereabouts have since been unconfirmed. No appeal to gain access to him has been granted.
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the six year-old boy whom His Holiness The Dalai Lama identified as one of Tibet's most important religious figures, disappeared in 1995. China refused to recognize the child as the 11th Panchen Lama. In 1996, suspicions that the child and his family were kidnapped, were confirmed. China admitted to the UN Commissioner on the Rights of the Child, that the child and his family were being held in "Protective Custody," and his whereabouts have since been unconfirmed. No appeal to gain access to him has been granted.
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| 850 | 5:07 pm PDT, Jul 1 | Reto Schori | Switzerland | |
| 849 | 9:44 am PDT, Jun 28 | Alexander Lim | Malaysia | |
| 848 | 9:18 am PDT, Jun 26 | Anthony O'con | California | United States |
| 847 | 8:42 pm PDT, Jun 9 | Michael Ireland | Australia | |
| 846 | 8:35 am PDT, Jun 3 | Rose Dickerson | South Carolina | United States |
| 845 | 6:13 pm PDT, May 23 | Anonymous | Ohio | United States |
| 844 | 11:38 am PDT, May 8 | Taylor Braun | Wisconsin | United States |
| 843 | 11:51 am PDT, May 4 | alysse harbridge | California | United States |
| 842 | 9:50 am PDT, May 2 | Wolf Grunfeld | Peru | |
| 841 | 9:41 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Rita Miller | Canada | |
| 840 | 6:47 am PDT, Apr 29 | Johnny Herrmann | Denmark | |
| 839 | 4:37 am PDT, Apr 24 | Bernhard S | Austria | |
| 838 | 4:04 pm PDT, Apr 23 | david mandel | Arizona | United States |
| 837 | 2:52 am PDT, Apr 20 | Ross Graham | United Kingdom | |
| 836 | 4:56 pm PDT, Apr 18 | Elizabeth Oehrn | Sweden | |
| 835 | 8:59 am PDT, Apr 14 | moyrah mckee | Canada | |
| 834 | 11:56 am PDT, Apr 13 | C.L. Lane | California | United States |
| 833 | 11:41 am PDT, Apr 12 | Thomas Wrobleski | Nebraska | United States |
| 832 | 11:40 pm PDT, Apr 11 | Anonymous | Australia | |
| 831 | 2:26 pm PDT, Apr 11 | Geoffrey Barber | Minnesota | United States |
| 830 | 9:44 am PDT, Apr 11 | Michelle Inere | Florida | United States |
| 829 | 7:51 am PDT, Apr 11 | Romelia Iordache | Romania | |
| 828 | 2:16 am PDT, Apr 11 | Lee Graf | Arizona | United States |
| 827 | 9:32 am PDT, Apr 10 | Tanya Thompson | Canada | |
| 826 | 7:21 am PDT, Apr 10 | Anonymous | Austria | |
| 825 | 12:21 am PDT, Apr 10 | larissa s merriman | California | United States |
| 824 | 8:10 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Mary Tod | Massachusetts | United States |
| 823 | 8:51 am PDT, Apr 9 | Melyssa Cruz | Sweden | |
| 822 | 6:33 am PDT, Apr 9 | Jonathan Mash | Tennessee | United States |
| 821 | 7:46 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Simon Fournier | Canada | |
| 820 | 7:44 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Marie-Michèle Roy | Canada | |
| 819 | 4:00 pm PDT, Apr 8 | alyssa l | New York | United States |
| 818 | 3:56 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Matthew Essex | Maryland | United States |
| 817 | 9:56 am PDT, Apr 8 | Mackenzie Penne | Canada | |
| 816 | 9:43 am PDT, Apr 8 | Matthew Cook | Canada | |
| 815 | 6:41 am PDT, Apr 8 | Kelvan Kam | New York | United States |
| 814 | 5:36 am PDT, Apr 8 | gail sarette | Connecticut | United States |
| 813 | 5:38 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Danielle Beausoleil | Canada | |
| 812 | 12:25 pm PDT, Apr 7 | Tim Tharp | Montana | United States |
| 811 | 11:53 am PDT, Apr 7 | Daniel Dürnberger | Austria | |
| 810 | 9:49 am PDT, Apr 7 | Shany Palardy | Canada | |
| 809 | 8:52 am PDT, Apr 7 | Pauline Wolff | Canada | |
| 808 | 8:02 am PDT, Apr 7 | Roman B | Idaho | Italy |
| 807 | 5:08 am PDT, Apr 7 | Sébastien Pierre | Canada | |
| 806 | 5:01 am PDT, Apr 7 | Alexandre massé | Canada | |
| 805 | 8:00 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Mélanie Beausoleil | Canada | |
| 804 | 7:31 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Eric Poitras | Canada | |
| 803 | 2:25 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Sally Iles | United Kingdom | |
| 802 | 11:56 am PDT, Apr 6 | Birdie Bay | Arizona | United States |
| 801 | 11:25 am PDT, Apr 6 | Claire Stow | United Kingdom |
Boycott Beijing 2008 Olympics
Dear High Commissioner Louise Arbour:
I would like to express my disgust and disappointment with the IOC's decision to allow China the right to host the world's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Given the massive human rights violations, it seems unacceptable to allow this. As the 2008 Games approach us, very little has been done by the Chinese government to improve these violations. The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, continues to be held, his whereabouts unknown and all appeals to gain access to him by the international community being denied.
I hereby ask you to publicly express your disagreement with the IOC decision, and ask that you support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics by all members of the United Nations.
I would like to express my disgust and disappointment with the IOC's decision to allow China the right to host the world's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Given the massive human rights violations, it seems unacceptable to allow this. As the 2008 Games approach us, very little has been done by the Chinese government to improve these violations. The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, continues to be held, his whereabouts unknown and all appeals to gain access to him by the international community being denied.
I hereby ask you to publicly express your disagreement with the IOC decision, and ask that you support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics by all members of the United Nations.
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