Ten new coronavirus cases were reported in the past 24 hours among people who had arrived at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in addition, four athletes are currently in quarantine, the organizers said. A total of around 72,000 COVID-19 tests have been carried out at the Olympics; four athletes have tested positive and are currently in isolation, the organizing […]
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India boycotts Beijing Olympics over Chinese PLA torchbearer
India on Thursday announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after a commander involved in 2020 border clashes between the two countries appeared as an Olympic torchbearer in the customary torch relay leading up to the Games. The last-minute boycott, which will see India’s top envoy in […]
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Protest in Belgium against China’s human rights violations, calls for boycott of Beijing Olympics
A protest was held at historic Ijzertoren tower in Belgium, Diksmuide city against China’s human rights violations urging the world community to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics. A large number of community people congregated from many cities including Brussels, Antwerp, and Mechelen on Saturday. Demonstrators have displayed a protest flag and Tibetan Flag at Ijzertoren […]
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CCP will utilize Beijing Olympics to whitewash genocide, say rights activists
A few days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, several Uyghur activists and human rights experts at a webinar argued that the Winter Games will implicitly approve of the rights violation of the Muslim minority community in China. Since the early 2000s the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has conveniently labelled Uyghurs as “terrorists” […]
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Japan planning not to send senior officials to Beijing Olympics: Sources
The Japanese government has said it is not planning to send Cabinet ministers and other senior officials to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. With this, Japan has joined the likes of the US, Australia, Britain and Canada that have announced the diplomatic boycott of games over China human rights records. Japanese athletes, however, will attend the games […]
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China will successfully hold 2022 Beijing Olympics despite Omicron concerns
China will successfully hold the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games on schedule, despite the worldwide spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday. “Regarding the impact of the Omicron strain on the Winter Olympics, I think it will definitely bring some prevention and control challenges, […]