China holds unrivaled influence with the genocidal regime in Sudan. As Beijing prepares to host the 2008 Olympics, join us in urging China to use its leverage to persuade the Sudanese government to allow into Darfur the full protection force outlined by UN Resolution 1769.
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Release: Mia Farrow and Five Artists Launch Darfur Olympics Protests |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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New York -- August 6, 2008: Dream for Darfur will launch its major
Olympics demonstration this Friday – at the moment the Beijing Games
begin. The protest will continue for a week and thousands have pledged
to participate.
“Our goal is to make sure the people of Darfur
are not forgotten while the world celebrates China as the Olympic host,
despite its well-documented complicity in the Darfur genocide,” said
Jill Savitt, Director of Dream for Darfur. “We always knew it would be
tough to get into Beijing to stand up for the people Darfur, so we
planned the Darfur Olympics – an alternative opening ceremony and
weeklong webcast from Darfurian refugee camps.”
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Take Action: Participate in the Darfur Olympics |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
1. Watch the Alternative Opening Ceremony: www.darfurolympics.org
August 8 at 8:08 am EST in the US / August 8 at 8:08 pm in Beijing
REM, Talib Kweli, 420 Funk Mob Featuring Special Guest George Clinton, and others have donated songs to our “Alternative Opening Ceremony.”
2. The Darfur Olympics with Mia Farrow: www.darfurolympics.org
August 9 to 16, 2008 – new content every day at noon EST in the US
Mia Farrow is webcasting a daily report from a Darfurian refugee camp. There will also be information about the Darfur crisis – and opportunities to take a daily action.
Sign up at darfurolympics.org, and we’ll deliver each day’s broadcast and action opportunity to your inbox.
3. Switch Over for Darfur: www.switchovertodarfur.org
August 8 to 24, 2008
This online campaign asks citizens
of the world to promise to ignore the commercials of the 15 corporate sponsors
(GE, Coke, VW, Visa, and 11 more) that refused to speak up about Darfur.
Pledge
to watch Mia Farrow’s broadcast instead of sponsors’ commercials.
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Statement: Joey Cheek and China |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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Statement of Jill Savitt, Executive Director of Dream for Darfur
“Joey Cheek represents what the Olympics mean to so many people: honor, courage, determination. He has been promoting an idea – an Olympic Truce for Darfur. Joey has suggested that the international community invoke the historic Truce to demand that the Sudanese regime refrain from bombing or attacking its own civilians for a period of 55 days before, during, and after the Games.
The Olympic host could invoke the Truce for the people of Darfur. Instead they have banned Joey Cheek from coming to the Games.
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Article: US hits out after China Denies Darfur Campaigner Entry |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
Agence France-Presse: "Joey Cheek, a US Winter Olympics gold medallist and campaigner for an end to violence in Darfur, had his visa to enter China revoked 24 hours before leaving for Beijing, according to activist group Team Darfur, which he helped set up.
...He joined Hollywood star and Darfur campaigner Mia Farrow, as well as Jill Savitt, director of activist group Dream for Darfur, in being denied entry to Beijing for the Olympics.
Unlike Cheek, though, Farrow and Savitt's applications for a visa failed."
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Interview: Mia Farrow Presses China On Darfur As Games Near |
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
NPR Morning Edition: Mia Farrow, actress and activist, is an outspoken critic of China's support of the Sudanese government, which many say is committing genocide in Darfur, and the decision to allow China to host the Olympic Games.
Renee Montagne talks with Farrow, who sits on the advisory committee of the Dream For Darfur campaign.
Click here to listen to the full interview
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