Amnesty International and numerous sites are?

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blocked from access from China during the Olympics. It seems that the IOC even agreed with China that only Olympic sites could be accessed by Journalists.

Censorship during the Bejing Games. Media Freedom China style?

That is what the IOC told the media that they had gotten a huge amount of Media freedom?

Someone lied to you all about China and human rights and the wording in that document for the contract for these games. it sure was not ME?

In fact our journalist friends won't be able to get on here during the games from Bejing it seems If I got this right. So bye lads stay safe and put the words Tibet on your badges.

Answer 1

Amnesty International whilst doing good work can be a pain in the butt-one has to take a few steps at a time where a big Communist country like China is concerned! We're lucky we have made this progress so far

Sorry about your pain!

Answer 2

China doesn't want to have the summer Olympics to be a season for political upheaval.

Answer 3

Sorry for copying and pasting one of my earlier answers, but it took a lot of typing (for a computer thicko)!!

Protesters being rounded up and spirited away until the farce is over.

Hundreds of families forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for stadia and accommodation for athletes and officials.

Chinese government actually saying it was a political success to be awarded the games.

Tibet.

Protests will be allowed - if the protesters first obtain permission (!!!!!!!) - in small areas nowhere near the Olympic events (and what will happen to the protesters when it's all over?).

Complete and utter failure to make the slightest effort to improve human rights within China, as promised to the IOC, during the "bidding war". In fact, worsening human rights since then.

There is obviously nothing in the least way political about this festival of pure sport!!!

I do not feel any need to sympathise with sports men and women. Whilst recognising that they want to participate in events that are held on this scale only once every four years, and their extreme dedication and skill in their chosen area, there are other international competitions being held all over the place on a regular basis. If they want to prove they are the best in the world at whatever they do, there are plenty of opportunities for them to compete. Had they integrity as well as skill and dedication, they would have collectively caused this disgracefully farcical show to be moved to a different country, or cancelled. There would be no Olympics if they didn't attend.

I will definitely not be watching it, and neither will I read any newspaper reports.

If I were Chinese and posted this response in China, the minimum that would happen would be that I would be put under surveillance.

I have lost patience with those poor deluded souls who continue the pathetically obvious, and odious, lie that these Olympics, particularly, is all to do with sport and has nothing to do with politics. Ostrich's would envy their ability to bury their heads in the sand.