- Signatures: 890
- 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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| 891 | 11:58 pm PDT, Jun 20 | Ms. | Edita Hajdar | Minnesota | United States |
| 890 | 12:03 pm PST, Dec 18 | Ms. | laila Bouklata | Morocco | |
| 889 | 11:20 am PDT, Aug 17 | Anonymous | Germany | ||
| 888 | 10:30 am PDT, Aug 17 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | United States |
| 887 | 7:30 am PDT, Aug 17 | G L | Oklahoma | United States | |
| 886 | 5:35 pm PDT, Aug 11 | Ms. | liz dancey | Canada | |
| 885 | 6:16 am PDT, Aug 10 | Mr. | Charles Jakubczak | Georgia | United States |
| 884 | 7:04 pm PDT, Aug 9 | Ms. | Kim Kahler | Australia | |
| 883 | 12:11 am PDT, Aug 9 | Ms. | VictoriaM Stong / FIGHT FOR TIBET! | New York | United States |
| 882 | 10:49 am PDT, Aug 8 | Ms. | Angela Yearian | Illinois | United States |
| 881 | 9:23 am PDT, Aug 8 | Ms. | Anonymous | Canada | |
| 880 | 6:51 am PDT, Aug 8 | Mr. | Raphaël Fleury | Argentina | |
| 879 | 5:03 am PDT, Aug 7 | Ladislav Zelenka | Czech Republic | ||
| 878 | 12:00 am PDT, Aug 7 | Mr. | Lionel Lechat | France | |
| 877 | 7:52 pm PDT, Aug 6 | James L. Kinoshita | California | United States | |
| 876 | 7:59 am PDT, Aug 6 | Mr. | manuel boninsegna | Italy | |
| 875 | 11:01 pm PDT, Aug 5 | Andrés Ángel | Colombia | ||
| 874 | 2:23 pm PDT, Aug 3 | greta malkotzoglou | Greece | ||
| 873 | 9:10 am PDT, Aug 3 | Ms. | Natasha Ghent-Rodriguez | Florida | United States |
| 872 | 12:55 pm PDT, Aug 2 | Mr. | Roberto Angarita Vargas | Colombia | |
| 871 | 11:22 am PDT, Aug 2 | Ms. | Amanda Davies | Connecticut | United States |
| 870 | 6:17 am PDT, Aug 2 | Mr. | Mick Cave | United Kingdom | |
| 869 | 2:00 pm PDT, Aug 1 | Mr. | Charly Kovacs | Germany | |
| 868 | 10:31 am PDT, Aug 1 | Anne Dillon | United Kingdom | ||
| 867 | 3:32 am PDT, Aug 1 | Mr. | alireza glm | Iran, Islamic Republic Of | |
| 866 | 8:28 am PDT, Jul 31 | Ms. | Alice Nutting | United Kingdom | |
| 865 | 2:46 am PDT, Jul 31 | Chris Saunders | United Kingdom | ||
| 864 | 1:43 pm PDT, Jul 30 | Mrs. | Mary Ellen Rozmus | Virginia | United States |
| 863 | 12:43 pm PDT, Jul 28 | Patricia Hisey | Illinois | United States | |
| 862 | 3:20 pm PDT, Jul 27 | Ms. | Lin Goodman | Washington | United States |
| 861 | 10:33 am PDT, Jul 21 | Mrs. | Carol Waterman | Canada | |
| 860 | 7:38 am PDT, Jul 21 | Ms. | Anonymous | Jamaica | |
| 859 | 2:16 pm PDT, Jul 17 | Ms. | simone lamounier | New Jersey | United States |
| 858 | 9:05 pm PDT, Jul 16 | Pat Foust | Colorado | United States | |
| 857 | 7:45 am PDT, Jul 16 | Dr. | Km08K Krčović | Croatia | |
| 856 | 11:19 am PDT, Jul 15 | Mrs. | Andrea Ballew | California | United States |
| 855 | 10:46 am PDT, Jul 15 | Ms. | Jordana Keffer | Mississippi | United States |
| 854 | 1:37 pm PDT, Jul 12 | Achilleas Papakyriacou | Cyprus | ||
| 853 | 5:22 am PDT, Jul 11 | Alessandro Barracciu | Italy | ||
| 852 | 5:21 am PDT, Jul 11 | Laura Tatti | Italy | ||
| 851 | 3:24 pm PDT, Jul 6 | Rachael Byrne | Ireland |
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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