Sunday, April 29, 2007

Darfur Letter Update / Amnesty Report on China

As of Friday, 96 members of the Senate have agreed to sign the Biden-Lugar letter urging China to help convince the Sudanese government to allow peacekeepers into Darfur! As previously mentioned, NJ Senators Lautenberg and Menendez have already agreed to sign on.

There has been some delay in circulating the corresponding letter in the House of Representatives. As you know, however, hundreds activists around the country have already urged their congressmen to sign it. I will post any information I receive about the status of the this letter.

Amnesty International continues to be very concerned about human rights problems within China. The London office has just released a report documenting the Chinese government’s failure to fulfill its promises to improve conditions in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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