"About Me"

Hello everyone my name is Lisa and I am a senior at ASU. This is one of the last classes I will be taking since once I'm finished with summer school I'm done! I am majoring in Justice Studies and receiving a supplementary focus in Spanish. This past fall I studied abroad in Alicante, Spain through ASU and it was one of the best experiences. The topic I am choosing to blog about is the Olympics and Human Rights issues. This past semester I wrote a 25 page paper about the genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan. I was surprised to learn how much China was contributing to this conflict. China exports 2/3 of Sudan's oil. Any sort of intervention to stop the genocide/civil war could compromise their exports, therefore China is not being very helpful. Perhaps its because China is making a huge profit from the civil war in Sudan by providing guns and ammunition to the rebels. Since the summer Olympic games are being held in Beijing at the end of August, the Darfur issue and China's lack of response to it is one of the human rights issues that will be center stage (I believe). Hopefully protests and publicity displaying China's lack of compassion for a country, and its people, who is vital to its survival will make them rethink their actions. Although I want Sudan to be my main focus of this blog, I will discuss other major human rights issues that will be presented at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.