WAG NY CHINA – THE RAPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS

 

 

 

 

A deadly darkness highlights the map of China, as she roosts on the world globe; talons extended and ready to slash. Frighteningly, she appears to pulsate with a looming power. Dark ironies blight the landscape, missing not one vast province, and infiltrating human rights and the freedom for protest with a brutal assault.

 

The Chinese crackdown on the expressions of humanity and freedom is escalating as this power hungry dragon prepares for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

 

The prosecution of rebellious dissidents is mounting as citizens are hauled off to jails and others are silenced with electric “batons” and the fear of official retaliation.

 

While the Chinese government exercises its “right” to demolish freedom of speech and to send human rights to it’s “deathbed,” International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge insisted to reporters in Athens, that it was “right” to have awarded the Olympic Games to China, saying the event would “act as a “catalyst” for change.” He has no regrets. Perhaps in his haste to distance himself from culpability, he misspoke. Cataclysm would have been a more appropriate word.

 

Mr. Rogge is trying to evade his accountability for rewarding a regime, hell bent on sending human rights to its demise, the right to the world spotlight. The repression of minorities in China, the massive forced evictions and subsequent displacement of human beings is repulsive to anyone with a deeply rooted sense of ethics, moral values, and compassion.

 

Has the UN Human Rights Council really addressed the human rights violations occurring in the Tibetan regions of China? Has the Western world formally condemned the atrocities in Darfur and, underscored China as a vigorous accomplice? Only one world leader has openly criticized the rape of humanity perpetrated by the Chinese government and vocalized his choice to boycott the opening ceremonies. 

 

When will the world at large question the raison d’être at the rear of this intercontinental money fest and point the collective finger at Jacques Rogge, the muscle behind the conglomerate of greed that has the power to overwhelm the socio- political direction of a nation?

 

Rogge has stated that he is aware of the calls to boycott the games, but believes they have no momentum. Let us prove him wrong!

 

Marijo Gillis

April 6, 2008