Why these games could be called the 'genocide Olympics'

You may have heard news reports about the protests during the carrying of the Olympic flame in Europe, but may not know why. Two reasons:

• China's human rights violations in Tibet
• China's prevention of action in the genocide in Darfur, via the UN Security Council.

There's a great NY Times Magazine piece about how one group, Dream for Darfur, hopes to change China's behavior via action during the Olympics.

There are also those who point out that Western countries could be doing more, as much as China is a convenient scapegoat.