Beijing Olympic Park 365 days before the planned start of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China, February 4, 2021. Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA.
Beijing Olympics2022- Reason India's Diplomatic Boycott. Reason for Boycott: Indian response to boycotting the Beijing Olympics came from the backdrop of China picking a Chinese soldier involved in the Galwan incident as an Olympic torchbearer. The Galwan clashes in mid-June 2020 had resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers, including a ...
Canada joined a growing list of countries refusing to send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics. The US, UK and Australia have already said th...
The US government announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on December 6, citing concern over “egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang.” The statement refers to the Uyghur genocide and human rights violations the Uyghur community has faced in China.. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told the press that the
Recently, pressure has mounted for the United States to boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics over China’s alleged human rights abuses. The first details of such human rights abuses came from evidence of China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim population located in Xinjiang. According to the details, over one million people have supposedly been placed...
TOKYO (AP) — A coalition of 180 rights groups on Wednesday called for a boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics tied to reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China. The games are to open in one year, on Feb. 4, 2022, and are set to go forward despite the pandemic. The coalition is composed of groups representing Tibetans, Uighurs, Inner
