The Real China and the Olympics
As former factory worker Yang Chunlin begins his 5 year prison sentence for gathering 10,000 signatures for his petition entitled “We want human rights, not the Olympics,” (This on the very day that the Olympic torch was lit!) it might be worthwhile pointing people to “The Real China and the Olympics“, an open letter from two leading human rights activists outlining what those 10,000 Chinese people were calling for. One of the authors of the letter, Hu Jia, is now facing trial on the charges of “incitement to subvert state power.”
Whether or not you think there should be a boycott of the games, please read this document.
Tags: boycott, china, dissident, Hu Jia, human rights, olympics, Yang Chunlin
April 4, 2008 at 12:54 pm
[...] came just China jailed human rights activist Hu Jia, about whom we have written before, was jailed for “incitement to subvert state power”, following a trial which Human [...]