“If abuses take place as preparations for the Games proceed, it won't be just the Chinese authorities who will look bad -- the IOC and the corporate sponsors will be complicit.”
“First of all, he's only one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Secondly, he was given the choice between continued imprisonment and exile in the United States. It's not as though he would be free to speak out in China.”
“Laskar Jundullah has also been accused of providing arms in Poso. It's a breakdown of law and order. And I think the fact that you've got a large unaccountable militia should be of concern not only to the Indonesian government but of deep concern to governments outside as well.”