Dundee LibDems support calls for the Prime Minister to pull out of Olympics ceremony

5.52.10pm BST (GMT +0100) Fri 4th Apr 2008

Dundee LibDems support calls for the Prime Minister to pull out of Olympics ceremony

Dundee LibDems have today (Friday 4th April) backed Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP, who has called on Gordon Brown urging him to pull out of this summer's Olympic opening ceremony in the light of China's human rights record.

Mr Clegg added that he did not believe the Prime Minister could attend the Beijing Games 'in good conscience', unless and until the Chinese Government took steps to 'honour the spirit of the Olympics' in its conduct from Tibet to Darfur.

Mr Clegg said, "Serious concerns cannot be swept under the carpet for the sake of ceremonial duties. Unless and until China takes steps to honour the spirit of the Olympics, as laid out in the Olympic Charter, I do not believe that the British Prime Minister can attend the Beijing Games in good conscience."

Here in Dundee, LibDem City Council Group Leader, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, added, "Gordon Brown should take a stand for human rights in China. It is what the British people expect."

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