Presence of Bush and Sarkozy at opening ceremony called "stab in back" for China’s dissidents

[DogPoundPup]

"Sarkozy and Bush are now depriving themselves of a means of leverage that might have led to the release of imprisoned journalists and human rights activists. We would like to know on what grounds these two presidents have reached their decision. There is still a month to go before the start of the 2008 Olympics. Now is the time for a massive campaign for an improvement in the situation of free expression in China. We appeal now for demonstrations outside Chinese embassies all over the world during the Olympic Games opening ceremony on 8 August.

"As we do not have permission to go to China, still less to demonstrate there, we will organise a cyber-demonstration outside a virtual version of Beijing’s Olympic Stadium on our website (www.rsf.org), which will begin on 8 August and will continue throughout the games. Everyone will be able to participate in this protest and express their disagreement with the detention of prisoners of conscience and the continuing crackdown on dissidents.

"There has been no improvement in the situation of free expression in recent months and arrests are continuing at the same pace," Reporters Without Borders added. "Huang Qi, the well-known editor of a human rights website, was arrested in June in Sichuan province, while journalist Sun Lin was given a four-year prison sentence for contributing to a website based outside China."

To read the entire article ... http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=27762

It's purely obvious, Bush has no concern for peoples civil rights.

[crikkett]

1. So now *'s done stabbing us, he's spreading it around?

[elehhhhna]

2. didja'll know that Sakozy's brother is a bigshot at Carlyle Group?

[DogPoundPup]

3. No! Thanks for the heads-up! n/t