but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. it has disappeared everyone from artists like ai weiwei, to senior tibetan monks, and this continues to happens partly because there is never any real consequence for the government officials responsible for it. and we ve been arguing hard, especially in the case of crimes against humanity, that holding chinese government officials accountable is essential to breaking this cycle of total impunity and hopefully part of what comes out of this experience is notjust peng shuai s well being and her safety but also a renewed diplomatic willingness to actually use the mechanisms through the united nations, through domestic courts to produce that kind of accountability to deter future violations. sophie richardson is the china director at human rights watch. french authorities are sending police and counter terrorism officers to the caribbean island of guadeloupe to quell street violence.
would itjust carry on with what it is doing regardless? i think one has to try, to pull the levers that are available. this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to not just take an olympic athlete off the grid but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. artists from wei wei, to senior tibetan monks, discontinues to happens because there is no real consequences for the government officials responsible for it. especially with crimes against humanity, holding chinese officials accountable is essential to breaking the cycle of total impunity and hopefully part of what comes out of this experience is notjust peng shuai s well being and safety but also a renewed diplomatic
of athletes s safely and well being. given the outright over this, even if some big countries, big olympic players like the us and uk were to boycot unilaterally the winter olympics, do you think that would deter china at all? would itjust carry on with what it is doing regardless? i think one has to try, to pull the levers that are available. this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to not just take an olympic athlete off the grid but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. it has disapperead artists from wei wei, to senior tibetan monks, and this continues to happens because there is no real consequences for the government officials responsible for it. especially with crimes against humanity, holding chinese officials accountable is
the levers that are available. let s think about this this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to notjust take an olympic athlete off the grid but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. it has disappeared everyone from artists like ai weiwei, to senior tibetan monks, and this continues to happens partly because there is never any real consequence for the government officials responsible for it. and we ve been arguing hard, especially in the case of crimes against humanity, that holding chinese government officials accountable is essential to breaking this cycle of total impunity and hopefully part of what comes out of this experience is notjust peng shuai s well being and her safety but also a renewed diplomatic willingness to actually use the mechanisms through the united nations, through domestic courts to produce that kind of accountability to deter future violations.
where are you in protecting athletes human rights? so i think there is a real lack of confidence in some of the bodies governing sport to take care of athletes s safety and well being. given the outright there has been over this, even if say some big countries, big olympic players like the us, the uk, for example, were to boycott unilaterally those winter olympics, do you think that would deter china at all? do you think it would just carry on with what it is doing regardless? i think one has to try to pull the levers that are available. let s think about this this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to notjust take an olympic athlete off the grid but it is currently committing crimes against humanity targeting millions of uyghur muslims. it has disappeared everyone from artists like ai weiwei, to senior tibetan monks,