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In what may be the greatest loss of face ever experienced by a nation more than 1.5 million people have signed the Avaaz petition against human rights abuse in Tibet by the Chinese Communist Party.

It would seem there torch is doing a global protest tour rather than a global peace tour in an event which has been scarred by the restriction of media by China. However if you live in China you wouldn’t know this, searches on the main Chinese search engine Baidu don’t yield any responses however the Chinese branch of Google seems to have stopped filtering for China.

As global protests continue to follow the torch route more than 1,000 French people came out to rally against the human rights abuse. The torch route was cut short and the flame was extinguished several times by French security personnel.

A day before the torch reaches San Francisco several protesters climbed the Golden Gate bridge to unveil two banners which contained the words “One World One Dream” and “Free Tibet 08.”

In what appears to be the global race for loss of face for China there is still many countries to go in the 21 country journey of the flame. Chinese officials have remained silent over the protests and I’m sure this will continue, it seems that restriction of media is still in effect in China.

If you’d like to be part of the Australian leg of this journey the torch will be in Canberra on the 24th of April ironically a day before Anzac day. The day commemorating when Australian troops joined the war and fought back against human rights abuse in Germany in World War One.

If you haven’t already signed the Avaaz petition you can click the link below, they’re looking to get 2 million people on the list. n

Avaaz petition against human rights abuse in Tibet | Avaaz
Protests build in US ahead of Olympic torch arrival | ABC News (Australian Broadcast Corporation)

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