This country's Olympic Committee and athletes are being called upon to speak out about human rights abuses in China. The Olympics will be taking place in Beijing next August.
When it was awarded the games, the Chinese government said it was going to improve human rights.
But there are questions if that has happened.
The China Rights Network a coalition of organizations in Canada including Amnesty International, Falun Gong and a few Tibetan associations says Canada's Olympic leaders need to speak out about human rigths abuses when they go to Beijing.
Michael Craig the chair of the group says if Canadian Olympic leaders go to China and are silent about that, he says they're basically saying it's ok.s.
But Chris Rudge the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee says he doesn't think it's appropriate for the Olympic committee and athletes to become activists.
Should Canada's athletes be political activists?
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When it was awarded the games, the Chinese government said it was going to improve human rights.
But there are questions if that has happened.
The China Rights Network a coalition of organizations in Canada including Amnesty International, Falun Gong and a few Tibetan associations says Canada's Olympic leaders need to speak out about human rigths abuses when they go to Beijing.
Michael Craig the chair of the group says if Canadian Olympic leaders go to China and are silent about that, he says they're basically saying it's ok.s.
But Chris Rudge the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee says he doesn't think it's appropriate for the Olympic committee and athletes to become activists.
Should Canada's athletes be political activists?
More...