Epoch Times: Polish Parliament to Examine Poland's Participation at Beijing Olympics - by Jan Jekielek & Cindy Drukier
Polish Parliament to Examine Poland's Participation at Beijing Olympics - by Jan Jekielek & Cindy Drukier
Many methods can be used to voice a country's displeasure towards an Olympic host, especially if that host is a grievous human rights violator. A total boycott is not the only way, argued Polish parliamentarian Karol Karski at a press conference on March 17. The Polish government, he argued, could choose not to go to Beijing 2008, while allowing athletes to attend. Karski has mobilized the opposition Law & Justice party's parliamentary association to call for a joint sitting of the Foreign Affairs and Sports & Physical Culture committees of the Sejm (the Polish parliament) to examine this very question. The verbose title of the proposed hearing makes it plain: A discussion of the situation surrounding the organizing the of 2008 Olympics in the People's Republic of China (PRC), a nation which violates human rights and the principles contained in the Olympic Charter.
