E.U. weighs Olympic boycott over Tibet
- Filed under: Boycott News, Tibet
- Date: Mar 27,2008
If the government of China hopes the world will go for its line on Tibet and the nefarious Dalai Lama and his purported “clique” – Europe isn’t buying it.
The response to the Tibetan crisis in London, Paris, and Berlin, rather, is a call for “dialogue” between China and the exiled Tibetan leader, and”restraint” by Beijing.
A boycott of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games is being discussed as a leverage point in Austria, Belgium, Britain, and France – to be determined by how China handles the frustrations of its Tibetan minority.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has “left open the option” of boycotting the ceremony, Germany has blocked talks with China on economic development, and Britain’s foreign secretary, David Miliband, says that Tibet demonstrations will be authorized as the Olympic torch is carried through London on April 6.
Prince Charles, a friend of the Dalai Lama, had already decided in January not to attend the opening ceremony, he said, in a letter to a human rights group.
One Response for "E.U. weighs Olympic boycott over Tibet"
Jack Morton the English Consultant to the Beijing 2008 Games needs to take a stand here, the group is in a very strong position to make a statement to the world. They are the senior consultants to the celebration of peace. With their non-political position, they can make a true impact on the genocide situation. The Olympics is not supposed to be a political event, Governments do not send their athletes to compete, nor do they support them. Steven Speilberg did the right thing, don’t you think it’s time someone influenced the Jack Morton Group in England to do the same ?
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