from the wish you were here files...this week, thousands of amnesty international supporters will stand together as a visual message in support of human rights in china...
for the honor of hosting the 2008 olympics, china promised that it would improve its human rights record...instead, china's human rights violations have increased in the months leading up to the games...their actions have included a crackdown on peaceful dissent in tibet, the jailing of prominent human rights activists, and increased censorship of the media...
these abuses constitute a fundamental violation of the olympic charter - and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms...
call for an olympic year of freedom of expression in china
defend the right of peaceful demonstration for human rights defenders
learn more about circle up now and aerial art projects
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