US Government commission calls for diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics


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By Geoff Berkeley Further pressure has been put on United States President Joe Biden to order a "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - a Government body - presented its annual report which recommends that representatives from the country’s Government should not attend the Games over alleged human rights violations in China. According to Reuters , the report urges Biden’s administration to "publicly express concerns" about Beijing staging the Winter Olympics and "state that US Government officials will not attend the Games if the Chinese Government’s crackdown on religious...