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Human rights groups collaborate in call for Beijing to lose Winter Olympics Olympics - 09 Sep 2020 Author: Simon Ward A large collection of human rights groups has today called on the International Olympic Committee to drop Beijing as the host of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games because of China’s record on the issue. In particular, they have highlighted the country’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and other ethnic policies. A letter to the IOC, backed by 160 human rights advocacy groups, reads: “The IOC must recognise that the Olympic spirit and the reputation of the Olympic Games will...
