Activists unite to call for full boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic Games


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(Getty Images) Human rights groups have united to call for a full boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing . Activists said the Games going ahead in February next year would be the equivalent to “endorsing China’s genocide against the Uyghur people”. Representatives from the World Uyghur Congress, Campaign for Uyghurs , Tibet Action Institute, Students for a Free Tibet and China Against the Death Penalty have come together to put pressure on Beijing 2022 officials and the International Olympic Committee . In a joint statement, they said: “Participating in the Beijing Olympics at this time would be tantamount...