Boycott Olympics

IN Media Watch Briefs | 19/03/2008

Reporters Without Borders has called on heads of state and government to boycott the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing because of what it called "the Chinese government¿s mounting human rights violations" and its imposition of a news black out. "China has not kept any of the promises it made in 2001 when it was chosen to host these Olympics," it said.

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