'We will not stop', activists urge Beijing Olympics boycott over human rights concerns


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‘We will not stop’, activists urge Beijing Olympics boycott over human rights concerns 23 October 2021 | 2:29 pm Human rights activists on Monday (October 19) urged governments and athletes world-wide to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in China as Athens prepared to hand over the Olympic flame to Beijing in a ceremony in the capital, saying that anything less would make the world complicit in what they called 'genocide' by Beijing. China's treatment of minorities has come under increased scrutiny in the run-up to the games, scheduled from Feb. 4-20. Activists protested at Ancient Olympia on Monday, where the...