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(Reuters) - Human rights activists on Tuesday called for athletes to boycott next year s Winter Olympics in China and put pressure on the International Olympic Committee over the staging of the Games.
Beijing is set to host the Olympics in February 2022, but the IOC has faced criticism over its decision to award the country the Games in light of China s human rights record.
The calls for a full boycott came ahead of a U.S. congressional hearing at which the Winter Olympics and China s human rights record were being discussed.
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AP Exclusive: Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
by Stephen Wade, The Associated Press
Posted May 17, 2021 4:29 am EDT
Last Updated May 17, 2021 at 4:44 am EDT
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India. The U.S. State Department spokesman on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, suggested that an Olympic boycott to protest China’s rights abuses was among the possibilities. But a senior official said later that a boycott has not yet been discussed. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)
Stephen Wade May 17, 2021 - 1:29 AM
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 âdiplomatic boycotts and further negotiations with the IOC or China.issued a statement Monday
âThe time for talking with the IOC is over,â Lhadon Tethong of the Tibet Action Institute said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press. âThis cannot be games as usual or business as usual; not for the IOC and not for the international community.â