Beijing Surprises

by | Aug 2, 2008 | Beijing, Blog, China, Olympics, world events | 2 comments

I am so shocked.

Beijing has had trouble with keeping its promise about human rights improvements during the Olympic Games:

“By continuing to persecute and punish those who speak out for human rights, the Chinese authorities have lost sight of the promises they made when they were granted the Games seven years ago,” said Roseann Rife, Amnesty’s Asia-Pacific deputy director.

Read more in this MSNBC story. Really, it is amazing.

2 Comments

  1. Rebecca LuElla Miller
    Rebecca LuElla Miller on August 2, 2008 at 8:01 pm

    And by “amazing” I assume you’re referring to the fact that the OCC trusted them in the first place.

    Shaking my head on that one.

    Becky

  2. Kansas Bob
    Kansas Bob on August 2, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    I am shaking my head too Rebecca 🙁