Submitted on Sunday 27th May 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban all Syrian athletes from entering the UK to take part in the 2012 Olympics
Petition to ban all Syrian athletes from entering the UK to compete in the Olympics, or similar measures with the result being that Syria play no part in the London Olympics.
This is in response to the Syrian governments atrocities committed recently against its own people. Sporting and cultural events are often used by dictatorships as propaganda to support their regimes - as evidenced by 'Hitler's Olympics', or even the recent Eurovision contest in Azerbaijan.
Evidence of 'Sporting Isolationism' working can be found in the contribution of it being used to protest against Apartheid in South Africa.
This inexpensive method can be used by the UK to demonstrate we are a tolerant, human society - and, more importantly, to isolate the Syrian regime, and condemn its actions.
From the time this ePetition is submitted (27th May), we have two months until the start of the Olympics. Please sign and pass it on.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
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