A Shadow on the 2008 Olympics?

Our partner organization, Dream for Darfur, has launched a campaign to pressure China to do all it can to end the suffering in Darfur. Dream for Darfur is asking the Olympics' corporate sponsors to use their influence and urge China to help bring peace to Darfur.

Fill out the form below to send a message to these companies and ask them to prevent the atrocities in Darfur from tarnishing the 2008 Olympic Games.

Subject:

Dear [ Decision Maker ],

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In light of your corporate involvement with the 2008 Olympics in China, I am writing to express my concern about the crisis in Darfur, where as many as 400,000 people have died and millions remain displaced.
 
China is Sudan's biggest trading partner, military supplier, and diplomatic protector. It has not done nearly enough to pressure the Sudanese regime to end the horrors it is inflicting on the people of Darfur.

Your sponsorship of the Olympics helps China continue its global charm offensive and conceal its complicity in genocide.

An international peacekeeping force, headed by the UN, must immediately be deployed to the region to protect civilians and humanitarian workers. A UN resolution to that effect was passed on July 31, 2007. But the Sudanese regime is blocking its implementation, and China has not intervened.
 
I appreciate that your company has tried to act in a socially responsible way in many circumstances. Genocide, in particular, places a burden on all of us to do whatever we can to stop it. The crisis in Darfur calls for more than "business as usual" -- by both the government of China, the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Corporate Sponsors. 
 
Please take the initiative on this issue and contact the Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee to insist that China, having finally signed a UN resolution enabling a peacekeeping force for Darfur, do everything in its power to make sure the force is deployed quickly and is successful.
 
As both a customer and a world citizen, I'm asking you to help save Darfur--before the Games begin. If the Darfur genocide continues when the Games begin, I will consider your company, your products, and your sponsorship of the Games tarnished by genocide. This would be a great disappointment on all fronts.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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