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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a worldwide diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics over China ’s alleged human rights abuses , including the reported “genocide” of the Uighur people. During a bipartisan Human Rights Commission hearing on Tuesday on China, Pelosi said that global leaders would lose “moral authority” if they “honoured” China with their attendance. She said: “Here’s what I propose – and join those who are proposing – is a diplomatic boycott … [in which] lead countries of the world withhold their attendance at the Olympics”, as reported by Reuters. Pelosi continued:...
