Beijing Games 2022
Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights to host Beijing Games in 2022
Washington: A coalition of ethnic minorities in China has accused the International Olympic Committee of ignoring widespread human rights abuses as the nation is gearing up to host the 2022 Winter Olympic in Beijing city.
Rights groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong have sent an open letter to IOC President Thomas Bach and IOC member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., who oversees preparations for the Beijing Games, reports The Associated Press.
Obtained by The Associated Press, the letter says the IOC has “turned a blind eye to the widespread and systematic human rights violations being committed by the Chinese authorities.”
Rights advocates are asking to see evidence — which the IOC says it has received — that China will abide by human rights commitments that it made when it was awarded the games in 2015. It also says that China has promised to allow unfettered reporting and to permit demonstrations or protests, the news agency reported.
China's persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang region has grabbed global headlines in recent times.
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