Adding up the Human Rights Abuses of the Olympics

Journalists for Human Rights at Wilfrid Laurier University have released an eight article news magazine outlining how the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia are leading to wide scale abuses of human rights to a diverse selection of people

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/documents/JHR Laurier - An Olympic Issue.pdf">JHR Laurier - an Olympic Issue
Page 1 - Cover
Page 2 - Editorial
Page 3 - Five Ring Circus Interview
Page 4 - Imposed Games, Imposed Governments
Page 5 - Betty K
Page 6 - Out of Sight Out of Mind, Page 7 - Out of Sight Out of Mind
Page 8 - Shhhh!
Page 9 - Corporate Responsability
Page 10 - An Activist's Response, Page 11 - An Activist's Response
Page 12 - Patriotism

In an excerpt from the editorial on the second page, the full range of affected groups and environments is made clear:

"Furthermore, [VANOC] list[s] sustainability as one of the values underlying their mission statement. It states specifically that they are working towards “financial, economic, social and environmental sustainability.” In reality, however, not a single one of these aspects of sustainability has been achieved as seen in the destruction of sensitive environmental sanctuaries, stifling dissenting voices through bureaucratic challenges and police and court repression, an expanded surveillance and security state the lack of corporate responsibility, the gentrification of the lower Eastside, a blossoming Olympic sex trade and the abuses of First Nation’s rights, among a number of other issues."

Four of the articles in this are well researched pieces from AW@L members of JHR.

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AW@L's Olympic analysis and dissent:
http://peaceculture.org/drupal/no2010