Rules Committee forwards human-rights resolution ahead of Beijing Olympic torch stop
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.
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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.
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