China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group, which has a wide presence in Turkey, welcomed a U.S. boycott of the Winter Games in Beijing, and called on other countries to do the same.
ISTANBUL: China’s Uyghur Muslim ethnic group, which has a wide presence in Turkey, welcomed a US boycott of the Winter Games in Beijing, and called on other countries to do the same. The White House said on Monday US government officials would boycott the Winter Olympics because of China’s human rights “atrocities,” although US athletes were free to travel there to compete.