World leaders call diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
ANI
07 Jun 2021, 12:18 GMT+10
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): Amid the growing calls for a shunning 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, a group of politicians from countries across Europe and North America launched coordinated legislative actions on Monday, calling for a diplomatic boycott of games citing gross violations of human rights by the Chinese government.
This action is aimed to mount pressure on governments, elected officials, and heads of state, to decline invitations to next year s Olympics, South China Morning Post reported. This coordinated effort by legislators in multiple democratic countries sends a message the IOC cannot ignore: if it can discuss postponing the Tokyo Games over public health concerns, it can certainly move the China games over the mass incarceration of millions in concentration camps, said Tom Malinowski, vice-chair of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, in a statement.
Boycott 2022 Beijing Olympics: Rights
Sun Online Desk
21st May, 2021 08:19:52
A coalition of human rights group wants to boycott 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as they believe, participating in the Olympics means supporting the China’s genocide against the Uyghur people.
A coalition representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, residents of Hong Kong and others issued a joint statement on Monday calling for the boycott.
It said that the Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uyghur people and waging an unprecedented campaign of repression in East Turkistan, Tibet and Southern Mongolia, as well as an all-out assault on democracy in Hong Kong.
“Participating in the Beijing Olympic Games at this time would be tantamount to endorsing China’s genocide against the Uyghur people, and legitimising the increasingly repressive policies of the totalitarian Chinese regime,” the coalition said in a statement.
Fear over fresh Covid-19 outbreaks sees China vaccinate 100 million people in nine days
As vaccination hesitancy slows inoculation rates in some Western countries, China is going into overdrive.
Of course, 400 million doses doesn’t even cover half of China’s population of 1.4 billion people, but the vaccination rate is speeding up. Chinese authorities announced the first 100 million people had been vaccinated on March 27. After that, it took another 26 days to reach 200 million, and then 17 days to hit 300 million.
The latest 100 million doses were given in just nine days.
While there has been a concerted push for vaccines by the central government and local authorities, that campaign has been helped recently by another factor fear.