Take Action Now: China's Olympic Legacy

The Beijing Olympics start next week. Take action now to promote human rights in China!

• Call on President Bush to use his visit to the Olympics this summer to pressure China to improve its human rights record.
  Click here to take action!
  
  
• Defend freedom of expression in China. Imagine being arrested for something as simple as sending an e-mail. In April 2004, the Chinese journalist Shi
  Tao used his Yahoo! email account to send a message to a U.S.-based pro-democracy
  website. In his email, he summarized a government order directing media organizations in China to downplay the upcoming 15th anniversary of the 1989
  crackdown on pro-democracy activists. Police arrested him in November 2004,
  charging him with “illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities.” Authorities used email account holder information supplied
  by Yahoo! to convict Shi Tao in April 2005 and sentence him to 10 years in prison. China currently has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyberdissidents
  in the world. As of July 2006, Amnesty International had documented
  at least 54 Chinese Internet users believed to be imprisoned for such acts as signing
  petitions, calling for an end to corruption, disseminating health information, or
  planning to establish pro-democracy groups.
  Click here to call for the release of Shi Tao and promote freedom of expression in China!
  
  
• Protect human rights defenders in China. Human rights defender Hu Jia has been sentenced to three years and six months’ imprisonment. Amnesty International considers Hu Jia to be a prisoner of conscience.
  Click here to call for the release of Hu Jia!
  
  
• China has the power to bring peace to Darfur. Did you know that China is Sudan's largest oil consumer? Or that China is Sudan's largest trading partner? Or that China has provided 90 percent of small arms purchased by Sudan since 2004? Call on China to use its influence in Sudan to pressure the government to stop the genocide in Darfur.
  Urge China to take concrete steps to help stop the genocide in Darfur!