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Rights Groups Urge Boycott of 2022 Winter Games in China

Lin Yang

   More than 180 human rights groups are calling for diplomatic boycott of
   the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games to protest Beijing's abuses of
   racial and ethnic minorities.

   The coalition of [1]Tibetan, [2]Uighur, [3]Hong Kong, Taiwanese and
   human rights groups issued an [4]open letterlast week, calling on
   governments to boycott the 2022 Games'¯"to ensure [the games]are not
   used to embolden the Chinese government's appalling rights abuses and
   crackdowns on dissent."

References

   1. https://www.freetibet.org/about/human-rights
   2. https://www.hrw.org/tag/Uyghurs
   3. https://www.hrw.org/tag/hong-kong
   4. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sJNP6SSeJdxNPKtnEkdUTYHT5JdAYPSBsQo9R_68nFo/edit

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