2008 Beijing Games - Presence of Bush and (probably) Sarkozy at opening ceremony called "stab in...

MONTREAL, July 4 /CNW Telbec/ - A White House announcement that US President George W. Bush will attend the Olympic Games opening ceremony on 8 August in Beijing and the probability, according to French media reports, that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will also attend were condemned today by Reporters Without Borders as "a capitulation and stab in the back for China's dissidents." "President Sarkozy promised to consult his European partners before taking a decision but he clearly has not done so, just as he did not keep his election campaign promises not to pursue a 'realpolitik' and to put human rights at the heart of his programme," the press freedom organisation said. "Sarkozy also conditioned his attendance on a resumption of the dialogue on Tibet, and meetings did indeed take place recently between China and the... [read full story]