Rights Groups Call For Boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Citing Worsening Abuses


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A Tibetan street theater performance in Dharamsala, India, depicts a 'bloody handshake' between China's President Xi Jinping (right) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Feb. 3, 2021. Photo: RFA China’s worsening rights record in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Hong Kong has disqualified Beijing from hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, more than 180 rights groups and activists said in a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee this week. Participation in the Games will only encourage China to commit further abuses, the joint letter signed by rights campaigners told the Lausanne, Switzerland-based IOC while calling on foreign athletes and governments to...