As Beijing organizes the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese government continues to violate the human rights of many Chinese citizens, including numerous Tibetan and Uyghur people. Countless people - journalists, lawyers, bloggers, activists - are in prison, detention, or "re-education camps" in China for merely exercising their freedom of expression or other human rights that are universally accepted and even formally guaranteed by the Chinese constitution. Some of them, actually, have been arrested in connection with their peaceful criticism of the organization of the Olympics in China and the context in which the Games are taking place.

This campaign aims to offer ways for people from around the world to express solidarity with the Chinese citizens whose human rights are violated by their government. We call on national Olympic teams, and on the political leaders who will accompany them to Beijing, to each adopt a prisoner of conscience and speak out on their behalf in Beijing.

We invite the international public to lobby their athletes, Olympic officials and political leaders to take action along these lines.