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Rules Committee forwards human-rights resolution ahead of Beijing Olympic torch stop
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee advanced a resolution urging city representatives to welcome the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch in a manner consistent with human-rights principles after public testimony highlighted alleged abuses in China, including claims of organ harvesting and staged violence.
The San Francisco Rules Committee on Thursday forwarded a reintroduced resolution urging city representatives accepting the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch to welcome it "in the explicit spirit of Olympism" and in keeping with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Chair Chris Dailey, who reintroduced the measure after changes to an earlier version, said the resolution highlights human-rights concerns raised during a lengthy prior hearing and named a range of alleged abuses cited in the text, including persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, limits on press freedom, and China’s actions related to Darfur, Burma and Tibet. Dailey noted related events in April: the Human Rights Torch Relay on…
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