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.
Headlines
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Article: Athletes Call for 55-Day Truce in Sudan's Darfur |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
Washington Post: "The somber realization struck speedskater Joey Cheek during the 2006 Turin Games: While he was competing, it was likely innocent people in Darfur would be driven from their homes and left for dead.
...Cheek, co-founder and president of Team Darfur and a three-time Olympic medalist, led a five-member panel at the National Press Club yesterday that released a letter calling upon international leaders to pressure the Sudanese government to observe a 55-day Olympic truce period for the Darfur region, starting Aug. 1. "
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Article: Athletes sign letter calling for Olympic truce in Darfur during Beijing Games |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
Sports Illustrated: "There was no peace in Darfur when Joey Cheek was winning speedskating medals at the Winter Olympics two years ago. He - and many fellow Olympians - want the violence to halt in the troubled Sudanese province when the Summer Games begin in China next month."
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Article: Olympic Athletes Press for Truce in Sudan's Darfur Region |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
Voice of America: "Scores of Olympic athletes from around the world have signed a letter urging the international community to invoke a truce in Sudan's troubled Darfur region during the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing."
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Article: Athletes Announce Open Letter on Darfur and Olympic Truce |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
New York Times: "More than 130 athletes have signed an open letter asking the international community to pressure Sudan for a truce during the Olympics, the activist organization Team Darfur announced at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
...Together with Mia Farrow’s group Dream for Darfur, Team Darfur was asking world leaders, and particularly China, to force a 55-day truce in Sudan."
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Release: 130+ Olympic Athletes and Advocates Call for Beijing and UN to Implement the Olympic Truce |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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Washington, DC – July 1 – More than 130 Olympic and other athletes
invoked the ancient Greek tradition of "Olympic Truce" today by
co-signing a letter to Olympic host China and other international
leaders to demand that the government of Sudan cease all bombing and
ground attacks on civilians in Darfur for, at least, the 55-day period
surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
As athletes released their letter, Dream for Darfur released a report entitled The Olympic Truce: 55 Days of Peace – And More – for Darfur, which documents past diplomatic uses of the Olympic Truce.
Read the athletes' letter and the Dream for Darfur report.
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