Uyghur Protesters Rally at Parliament Hill as Part of Global Effort Against Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Rallies were held in more than 50 cities around the world on June 23 calling on governments to boycott Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The coalition of over 180 human rights groups that organized the Global Day of Action on International Olympic Day urged governments in an open letter to “take a […]
Rallies were held in more than 50 cities around the world on June 23 calling on governments to boycott Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The coalition of over 180 human rights groups that organized the Global Day of Action on International Olympic Day urged governments in an open letter to “take a stand and demonstrate that they have the political will to push back against China’s reprehensible human rights abuse” for “anything less will be seen as an endorsement of the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarian rule and blatant disregard for civil and human rights.” In July 2015, the International Olympic Committee announced Beijing would host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Yet the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal human rights abuses have called into question its legitimacy as the host. The coalition is made up of civil society groups representing Tibetans, Uyghur Muslims, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese, southern Mongolians, Vietnamese, and ...
