CIPFG WANTS ATHLETES TO WEAR YELLOW RIBBONS AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES IN BEIJING
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - April 11, 2008 Authored by CIPFG Contact: Clive Ansley Chair, Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong China Country Monitor for Lawyers' Rights Watch in Canada 250-334-3586; 250-792-3547 CIPFG IS CALLING ON THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO URGE ATHLETES TO WEAR YELLOW RIBBONS AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES IN BEIJING in support of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China and other oppressed groups VANCOUVER ISLAND - In light of the recent escalation of the persecution of Falun Gong, including mass arrests amounting to almost 2000 practitioners since January 1, CIPFG has serious concerns about China's on-going oppression of Tibetans and Christians as well as other oppressed groups. "We believe that those human rights abuses are in direct conflict with the Olympic charter and this urgently needs to be addressed before August 2008," said Clive Ansley, chair of CIPFG. "It is becoming clearer that Beijin...