China: Spielberg's Olympic Pull-Out Highlights Foreigners' Responsibilities
13 Feb 2008 05:25:24 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York, February 12, 2008) – The decision by the film director Steven Spielberg to step down as artistic consultant to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should prompt other influential outsiders to press China to reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Corporate sponsors, governments and National Olympic Committees should urge Beijing to improve human rights conditions in China, Human Rights Watch said.
"Olympic corporate sponsors are putting their reputations at risk unless they work to convince the Chinese government to uphold the human rights pledges it made to bring the Games to Beijing," said Minky Worden, media director at Human Rights Watch. "Human rights are under attack in China, and Olympic sponsors should use their considerable leverage to persuade Beijing to change policy." 
