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Condemnation. i would call them brutal massacres. i would support those calling for documentation by the free press and also by experienced investigators who could document what has happened so those who have been responsible in the field and politically back in the capital of russia have to be brought to justice. >> so at least for now you stopped short of calling it genocide. but you call it war crime? >> it is obviously war crime. this is the national international law and this is a horrendous war taking place in front of cameras. i think that is -- i think for the first time we get is to p...

>> wow. the u.s. among several other nations has enacted a diplomatic boycott of the games, citing china's human rights abuses. richard, what do you make of that? what do you make of speaker pelosi's comments? >> i understand where she is coming from. i respectfully disagree. yes, it is going to be risky for athletes to say something, but let's be honest. this olympics takes place against a backdrop of massive repression in china. the united states government has termed it genocide. it is clearly a crime against humanity. now, china doesn't want these olympics to get undermined, so i actually ...

The cauldron in the stadium. and despite bamging's best efforts the covid-19 pandemic is still lingering over the games. the olympic committee reported 45 new infections among related personnel on friday. we're following all the olympic news. let's go to will rippley live in taipei. i want to go back to the inclusion of the uyghur athlete in the ceremony. what do you make of it? >> reporter: well, analysts are saying this is a message from china to the united states in reaction to its diplomatic boycott largely due what the u.s. calls genocide of the uyghur where the chinese have setup what th...

Activists, even the u.s. government calling it genocide. close to 2 million ethnic minorities locked up and forced into slave labor. the chinese government called it a sweeping ethnic asimulation campaign. forced birth control and sterilization with the intention of wiping out the uyghur population. ex termination playing out in plain sight. >> sandra: uyghur women forced marry chinese american, children sent to boarding school to make them loyal to the communist party, horror for those brave enough to speak out and the threat of retribution looms. >> we have explicit threats from the organizi...

Of murder. of sexual violence. forced deportation into bangladesh. a million live there in 600,000 remain in myanmar. and this was built on decades of religious discrimination. and oppression of the minority. including the denial of their ability to have citizen ship in the country. and so today you have a million people who can't return and 600,000 people who live under increasing threat with now back in power. those who committed the acts of violence against them in the first place. >> the united nations is calling it genocide. but the international community has done nothing to help the peo...