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A coalition of human rights groups sent the International Olympic Committee a letter ahead of the body's Wednesday meeting demanding that it rescind its offer to Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Calling the decision a "mistake," the letter pointed to China's "Orwellian surveillance network" used to monitor and harass ethnic minorities in Tibet and to persecute Uighurs, a Muslim minority, most of whom live in Xinjiang province. The letter also cited China's increasing hostility to Hong Kong and Taiwan in a list of alleged abuses that the country has committed since it last hosted the Olympics in 2008....
