More than 180 campaign groups are calling for a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in China


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Having trouble reading this article? Read the Original Article » The letter was put forward by "a coalition of Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Chinese Democracy, and human rights campaign groups" as Thursday marks a year until the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Games have been heavily criticized amid allegations of China's human rights abuses, notably towards the minority Uyghur population. Last month, then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that China is committing genocide in the western region of Xinjiang , home to close to 11 million Uyghurs -- something a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry...