UN advisor Wilfried Lemke has criticized the western media for being critical of China during and preceding the Olympics.

That’s funny, because I thought the UN was in favor of human rights. Why don’t they care about China’s egregious human right’s abuses?

The UN is just mad that the western world is taking advantage of one freedom that China doesn’t have: freedom of speech. (And for that matter, most of the western media hasn’t even been reporting much on China’s human right’s violations, in part because China is violating the media’s human rights. According to a guide for journalists published by Human Rights Watch, China doesn’t let reporters cover protests and my be secretly watching reporters.)

From report:

sources remain vulnerable to
chinese government surveillance, censorship, harassment, and
detention. a vast network exists to monitor domestic and foreign
media, and especially to track the internet. you should assume
that in most public places you are being filmed on closed-circuit
television, that your cell phone can send information about
where you are, that your email and other communications
may be monitored, and that your chinese sources and those
you quote in stories are at risk.

Now, if the UN doesn’t want me to criticize China, well, I’m not reporting from China, so I don’t think there’s much either China or the UN can do about me.

Here are some FACTS about China that neither the UN nor China can dispute:
-Because of China’s polluted waters, fish have to be farmed in toxic waters filled with powerful pesticides. The FDA last year denied 40 shipments of fish from China at just one port because of health risks.
-6 workers died working on stadiums for the Olympics.

-Bejing’s ozone level’s are routinely two or three times higher than the maximum levels recommended by the World Health Organization.
-Athletes have had to wear masks because of the pollution.
-China has supported the militant Burmese government that has massacred thousands of citizens over the years.

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