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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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The Olympics belong to all of us, and in the face of genocide, anyone in a position of influence must try to act." We believe China and the IOC should be held accountable to the promises they made during Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics." They are the main economic, military, and political supporters of the military junta.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it. You can’t do anything unless you are first aware of the issue and know enough about it to come up with solutions to the problem. The first step is to get educated.

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