Search Shi Tao Illegally providing state secrets November 23, 2014 HRIC Trends Bulletin on "China's Environment and Situation of Water" HRIC Statement for Tibetan Uprising Day: "March 10: Out of Exile, Into the Streets!" Where's Hu Now?: Let your voice be heard on Hu Jintao's U.S. visit HRIC Comments on HR 4780: Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 Li Zhi Appellate Ruling: English translation HRIC Testimony to "Monitoring Respect for Human Rights" Articles Alert: Feb 2006 HRIC Trends Bulletin: Media Crackdowns in China HRIC Testimony to "Internet in China" Congressional Hearing		Change text size Print this page Many other NGO (non-governmental organization) campaigns are currently underway to call for change and improvements to China's human rights situation on the eve of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet [http://www.racefortibet.org] Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet is a campaign by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) to make the Beijing 2008 Olympics a catalyst for change in Tibet. It aims to wake China up to the opportunity that exists in the lead-up to the Games to engage the Dalai Lama and make important changes in its human rights policies in Tibet. The Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet was initiated by ICT but is a coalition campaign aimed at creating global support for Tibet through a network of Tibetan groups around the world, including the Australia Tibet Council. To find out more about Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet, please visit http://www.racefortibet.org/learn/faqs.php. (Courtesy of the Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet Web site.) 2008 - Free Tibet [http://www.2008-freetibet.org] Since 2001, the International Tibet Support Network (ITSN) has attempted to engage in a dialogue with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to recommend a course of action that would ensure China delivers on the infamous "bet", taken by the IOC, that the Games would have a positive impact on human rights in Tibet and China. Committed to significantly changing China's human rights and the Tibetan occupation issues, or else convincing the IOC to change the host city, ITSN believes that China's human rights record is against the peaceful Olympic charter that advocates international "peace thorugh sports" and cites South Africa's exclusion for many years as a precedent. ITSN's recommendations include: A call for China and the IOC to honor the Olympic Truce by promoting dialogue over the future of Tibet between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama. That China adheres to its promise of media freedom by 2008. That the IOC makes the content of the Host City Contract public, particularly those parts that relate to the possible prevention of all demonstrations or political meetings at the time of the Olympics. That the IOC lets China know that withdrawing the Games from Beijing is an option if no improvements in China's human rights record are made by 2006. (Courtesy of the Students for a Free Tibet's Web site.) Students for a Free Tibet [http://studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=545] Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) believe that China should not be given the prestige and international recognition of hosting the Olmpic games while its human rights record is so objectionable. SFT is taking advantage of the international attention of the Olympics to gain recognition for their cause; they are hoping it will prove to be a 'catalyst for change.' They are a member group of the larger International Tibet Support Network. "March 10: Out of Exile, Into the Streets!”: On March 10, 2007, the anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, HRIC issued a statement in solidarity with Tibetans around the world. For more information on March 10, visit March10.org. Olympic Watch [http://www.olympicwatch.org] Olympic Watch will be monitoring the Chinese government and advocating for changes, especially in the areas of political persecution, freedom of speech and information, the death penalty, and government policies toward Taiwan and Tibet. Human Rights Watch [http://hrw.org/campaigns/china/beijing08] Human Rights Watch (HRW) aims to bring attention to three major human rights violations: media censorship, the absence of labor rights, and the tens of thousands of forced evictions. "Minimum Standards for Beijing 2008" [http://www.ishr.org/activities] Laogai Research Foundation, Olympic Watch and the International Society for Human Rights, issued a statement in 2004, calling for "Minimum Standards for Beijing 2008." These standards, which overlap with requests from other organizations, include the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), democracy for Hong Kong, the end of military force against peaceful demonstrators, a moratorium on death penalty sentences until fair trial procedures are standard, the abolition of forced labor camps, and open talks with the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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