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0 The winter games are due to start in one year, on 4 February 2022 A senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected criticism of its decision to host next year’s Winter Games in China. More than 180 organisations have called on governments to boycott Beijing 2022 because of reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities. The World Uyghur Congress described the event as “a genocide Olympics”. China’s treatment of its own citizens has been the subject of mounting criticism across the world. But Canadian Dick Pound – the longest serving member of the IOC – said...
