Steven Spielberg era um dos nomes convidados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim. Iria dar o seu parecer artístico, iria colaborar com a organização do evento, iria estar, este Verão, na China. Mas o realizador norte-americano anunciou o seu boicote aos Jogos. Segundo ele, não existe pressão suficiente da China e da comunidade internacional sobre o Sudão para resolver o drama do Darfour. Mas não só. Segundo ele, o governo chinês tem estado a vender armas ao Sudão. Assim sendo, Spielberg optou pelo boicote. Nos Jogos Olímpicos de 1980, em Moscovo, e de 1984, em Los Angeles, os boicotes foram históricos. Quase 24 anos depois, a história poderá voltar a repetir-se. Não só pelo Sudão ou pelo Darfour, mas também pelas constantes violações dos direitos humanos na China. Oposição e tibetanos sabem do que se fala. Mais informações em http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/02/12/oly.spielberg.ap/index.html
Film director Steven Spielberg and actress Mia Farrow joined activists worldwide Tuesday in using the Olympics as a backdrop to address human rights concerns, urging Beijing to exert political leverage on Sudan's government to help end the crisis in Darfur.
Spielberg announced he would no longer act as an artistic adviser for the opening and closing ceremonies, saying he could not reconcile working on the Olympics while China and other nations were not doing enough to ease the suffering.
"Sudan's government bears the bulk of the responsibility for these ongoing crimes but the international community, and particularly China, should be doing more," Spielberg said in a statement. "China's economic, military and diplomatic ties to the government of Sudan continue to provide it with the opportunity and obligation to press for change."
Spielberg announced he would no longer act as an artistic adviser for the opening and closing ceremonies, saying he could not reconcile working on the Olympics while China and other nations were not doing enough to ease the suffering.
"Sudan's government bears the bulk of the responsibility for these ongoing crimes but the international community, and particularly China, should be doing more," Spielberg said in a statement. "China's economic, military and diplomatic ties to the government of Sudan continue to provide it with the opportunity and obligation to press for change."
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