Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record Catholic Review


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Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record May 20, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington Feb. 23, 2021. Merkley in chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which monitors human rights and rule of law developments in the People’s Republic of China. The commission co-sponsored a May 18 hearing on Capitol Hill on at “China, Genocide and the Olympics.” (CNS photo/Erin Scott, Pool via Reuters) WASHINGTON (CNS) — A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of...