Groups alleging human rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to.
Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
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Calls have grown to forgo the Winter Olympics next year.
Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations.
A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong and others
issued a statement Monday calling for the boycott, eschewing lesser measures that had been floated like “diplomatic boycotts” and further negotiations with the IOC or China.
“The time for talking with the IOC is over,”
Various
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"The time for talking with the IOC is over," Lhadon Tethong of the Tibet Action Institute told the Associated Press. "This cannot be games as usual or business as usual; not for the IOC and not for