Category: China Human Rights

‘Shame on the IOC’: China Shouldn’t Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Winter Olympic Games, according to Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…


‘Shame on the IOC’: China Should Not Be Olympics Host, Former US Ambassador Says

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should never have allowed the Chinese regime to host the Olympic Games in China, said Andrew Bremberg, a former U.S. representative to the Office of the United Nations. “What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response…


‘Shame on the IOC’—Andrew Bremberg on the 2022 Beijing Olympics and Human Rights Atrocities in China

“What else does a country need to do in terms of terrible human rights abuses and bad behavior to merit a response from international organizations like the IOC?” Today, we sit down with Andrew Bremberg, President of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and former U.S. Representative to the Office of the United Nations. “One…


Microsoft, Intel, GE Provide ‘Direct Support’ to Chinese Military, State Security Bodies: Report

Eight major U.S. tech companies have business links to the Chinese military and security apparatus, according to a new report by the Washington-based advocacy group Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VoC), and Horizon Advisory consultant group. “In their endeavor to capture Chinese markets and boost their bottom lines, American corporations have increasingly supported Beijing’s military modernization,…


‘Genocide Games’: Coalition of Human Rights Groups Holds Alternative Olympics Opening Ceremony

As the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics was taking place in Beijing on Feb. 4, a coalition of human rights groups held their version of a ceremony outside the Chinese embassy in Ottawa on the same day, calling the international sporting event the “Genocide Games.” The half-hour ceremony, co-organized by advocacy groups such as…


Human Rights Groups Protest Outside of Chinese Consulate on Eve of Beijing Olympics

LOS ANGELES—A crowd of human rights activists chanted “Free Tibet, free Uyghur, free Taiwan, free Hong Kong, free East Turkestan” in front of the Chinese Consulate in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. On Feb. 3, a coalition of 15 human rights groups gathered outside 443 Shatto Place, one of China’s…


Most Political Olympics Ever? Why China Always Politicizes Everything, Explained

China is making the Olympics political—meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and accusing the United States of sabotage, while at the same time trying to spy on athletes. The U.N. and its human rights councils are slow-walking reports and visits after the Olympics. So how do we interpret China’s goal in all this? Perhaps secret speeches…


Olympic Venues ‘Right Alongside Prison Camps’: Torture, Detention Occurring Miles Away From Beijing Games

NEW YORK—The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics contained all the pageantry that one might expect from an authoritarian regime eager to use the event to burnish its global image: hundreds of children holding dove-shaped props formed the shape of a heart as they danced on a star-lit stadium, as green and white fireworks…


Half of Canadians Won’t Be Watching Beijing Olympics, Survey Shows

Nearly half of Canadians won’t be watching the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, while 60 percent say Canada should boycott the Games because of China’s human rights record, a new survey shows. The Games started in China today. Many countries, including Canada, have imposed a diplomatic boycott on the event, meaning they won’t be sending any…


Dutch Reporter Dragged Away by Chinese Security on Live TV While Covering Beijing Winter Olympics

The much-anticipated Winter Olympics in Beijing got off to an awkward start as a member of the local security forces wearing a red armband accosted and pushed a Dutch reporter who was attempting to report on the event. The incident is the latest example of the communist regime’s intolerance of a free press. To some,…