Olympics briefing paper: Tibet repression worse since Beijing 2008

Since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Chinese forces have dramatically escalated their repression in Tibet, despite promises that hosting the Olympics would help China liberalize. China will once again host the Olympics for the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing. A new briefing paper from the International Campaign for Tibet documents how the Chinese government has escalated its repression in Tibet since hosting the 2008 Olympics. China will host the Olympics again early next year. "Olympic Descent: Repression in Tibet since Beijing 2008" notes that Chinese officials promised that the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing would improve human rights and social…