Global Human Rights Torch Relay

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Tuesday September 18, 2007 10:45 by Patricia McKenna

Boycot Olympic Games Beijing

Global Human Right Torch Relay

Time: 1:00-5:00PM
Date: Wednesday 17th October 2007
Starting Venue: Top of Grafton St, where the speeches and singing performances will be held;
Ending Venue: Chinese Embassy, 40 Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Running route: After the speeches and performances, some athletes and volunteers will carry the Torch and run to the Chinese Embassy, where the whole event will end about 5:00PM

The Torch Relay is aimed at urging the international community to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing as we believe hosting the Olympics in Beijing would be a travesty of the Olympic spirit and a direct violation of the Olympic Charter that promotes "the establishment of a peaceful society concerned with preservation of human dignity".

Forum on Olympics and Human Rights in China:

Time: 7:00PM-9:30PM
Date: Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Venue: Georgian Suite, Buswells Hotel, Molesworth St. Dublin 2 (Opposite Dáil Éireann)
Speakers: To be announced.