Olympics in China

citygirlsmom
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:28:11 +0000

Just ONE of the reasons I won’t be watching it and will in fact stand in protest when torch goes through my city…couldn’t do that in China

Olympic kow tow as British athletes are forced to sign contracts banning criticism of Chinese regime

y ROB DRAPER and DANIEL KING -Last updated at 00:18am on 10th February 2008

Britain kow tows to China as athletes are forced to sign no criticism contracts | Daily Mail Online;

Gagged: Marathon runner Paula Radcliffe is likely to be one of those affected by the ban
British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China’s appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.
The move – which raises the spectre of the order given to the England football team to give a Nazi salute in Berlin in 1938 – immediately provoked a storm of protest.

The controversial clause has been inserted into athletes’ contracts for the first time and forbids them from making any political comment about countries staging the Olympic Games.

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