The picture of a life remainsAnd the high ideals and the promise
You once dressed the future in
Are dancing in the embers with the wind
Time running out time running out
Time running out time running out
Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt
Time running out time running out
- Jackson Browne-
Black and White, 1986
as the one year countdown to the beijing olympics begins, time is running out for the chinese government to fulfil its promise of improving human rights in the run-up to the games...
but things aren't looking good for that word to be held...in may china's new foreign minister on denounced u.s and european efforts to link the beiging olympics with chinese policy in darfur, saying they run counter to the olympic spirit...
bullhockey...
already for many the time to begin shaming china is now---demanding that if the beijing government is going to host the premier international event, the summer olympic games of 2008, they must be responsible international partners...
apart from the global issue of chinese foreign policy propping up the genocide in darfur there is continued abuse against activists and journalists, increased use of detention without trial and widespread use of the death penalty on the domestic front...
to check out amnesty international's latest full report on chinese human rights abuses and what the organization is calling for just click your heels here three times...
peace out <3
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