Free Tibet Campaign: San Francisco Protest
April 11th, 2008
BoingBoing.net has a lot of video, news and more links on the Tibet Uprising.
Athletes Taking A Stand For Tibet Will Be Expelled From The Olympics?
Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled from this summer’s Games in Beijing under anti-propaganda rules.
Here’s an interesting fact:
In 1980 62 countries – the biggest number in history – boycotted the Moscow Games in protest against the intervention of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan
Will history repeat itself?
From The Olympic Charter…
The question of what will constitute propaganda when the Games are on in August and what will be considered opinion under IOC rules is one vexing many in the Olympic movement. The Olympic Charter bans any kind of “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” in any Olympic venue or area.
This includes the opening and closing ceremonies, the medal podiums and the Athletes’ Village.
What this means is… if anyone is going to demonstrate and protest, now is the time to do it, as even the Olympic Charter prohibits any kind of demonstration, whether political, religious or racial.
Well, I hope the Tibetans will at least be able to fly their flag!
