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...Powerless Petitioners "Nothing Left To Lose" told of the thousands of Chinese who travel to Beijing seeking government redress for injustices like unpaid wages, unpunished crimes and corruption by officials [March 1]. Your report overemphasized the inability of China's petition system to bring about justice. Come on! We Chinese would be more worried if the petition system really worked. Then something fundamental would be very wrong. In every country, including communist China, the right way to find justice is through seeking legal redress, not sympathy from government bureaucrats who have no legal power. Instead of questioning the efficacy...
...sorry for the petitioners who are mistreated and ignored as they struggle for justice in Beijing. Government officials are appointed to serve the people and to represent justice. Perhaps they are afraid of admitting past mistakes, or maybe they fear that their rulings may offend powerful people. But then what is the purpose of the petition officials? Denying justice is a crime and a violation of human rights. Critics shouldn't say the poor petitioners are being unpatriotic and are damaging China's image. Being a patriot does not mean being blindly loyal, nor does it mean you must give...
RUS is also considering starting a petition, and distributing materials promoting a women’s center during pre-frosh weekend to create awareness among students and the administration.
Joe T.M. Cianflone ’07 addressed the council to petition on behalf of Falldown Films—a student group focused on film production at Harvard—after the council’s Finance Committee recommended that the organization receive none of its $20,000 request. In...
Cianflone—who presented a petition with 300 signatures of people supporting the organization—justified the large request by citing the absence of film on campus and the potential involvement of “hundreds of students” in a project.