The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, has called on Olympic athletes to demonstrate against human rights abuses when German FM confirms 2 Germans kidnapped in Nigeria ...
Afghan MP gunned down ... they line up in China.
Writting in the German Sunday newspaper, "Bild am Sonntag", Pöttering said that he would like to encourage athletes to face up to things rather than look away. He added that it was a "duty not to forget the people of Tibet, who are fighting for their cultural survival". The Games, which start on Friday and run through until August 24, are being seen by many world leaders as an opportunity to pressure China into rights concessions, particularly with regard to Tibet.
(Deutsche Welle)
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