Amnesty International website blocked at Olympic venue

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://current.com/items/89146494_amnesty_international_website_blocked_at_olympic_venue

Foreign journalists working from the Olympics press centre in Beijing are unable to access amnesty.org - the Amnesty International website. A number of other websites are also reported to have been blocked.

As Amnesty International prepares to launch a new report evaluating the Chinese authorities' human rights performance in the run-up to the Olympics, this flies in the face of official promises to ensure "complete media freedom" for the Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has on many occasions highlighted the loosening of restrictions on foreign media in China as an example of an improvement in human rights brought about by the hosting of the Olympics. On 17 July Jaques Rogge, IOC President, went as far as to claim that "there will be no censorship on the internet."

The Olympics Countdown: Broken Promises is to be published online today at 21:00

[jtrockville]

1. I thought they were tearing down the "Great Firewall of China"

for this event, no?

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. should we boycott watching the games???