Category: China Human Rights

Melbourne Car Parade to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics

February 4, 2022
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Around 20 vehicles took to the metropolitan Melbourne streets for a car parade to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in the Australian state of Victoria on Feb. 4 just hours before the opening ceremony kicked off. The protest was led by the Uyghur Association of Victoria but included activists from the Tibetan community,…

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Beijing 2022 Olympics: Belgian Skeleton Star Protests Continued Isolation

February 4, 2022
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Belgian skeleton star Kim Meylemans updated on Feb. 3 that after the IOC’s involvement, she was finally given a room at the Beijing Olympic Village. The 25-year-old cried on social media on Feb. 2 as she explained that she was in an isolation facility after being quarantined for three days despite a number of negative…

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Beijing 2022 Olympics: Belgian Skeleton Racer Moved to Olympic Village After Emotional Plea While in COVID Isolation

February 4, 2022
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Belgian skeleton star Kim Meylemans, in a tearful social media video on Feb. 2, said she was placed in isolation after being quarantined for three days despite a number of negative COVID-19 tests, and worried that she couldn’t participate in the competition. The 25-year-old provided an update on Feb. 3, saying that after the IOC’s involvement, she…

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Australian Human Rights Groups Rally to Call for Boycott of the ‘Genocide Games’

February 4, 2022
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The Beijing Winter Olympics will open on the evening of Feb. 4 amidst a wave of international boycotts, with a number of Australian human rights groups joining together to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued human rights violations. Human rights activists from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, and mainland China held a rally at…

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Pelosi Slams IOC for Turning Blind Eye to Beijing’s Genocide

February 3, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned the Chinese regime for gross human rights violations on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. “If we do not speak out against human rights violations in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations anywhere,” Pelosi said. The remarks came during…

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Video of Mentally-Ill Mother-of-8 Chained in Hut Sparks Outrage in China

February 2, 2022
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A video of a mentally-ill Chinese mother of eight locked in a village shack and chained around her neck has ignited outrage in the country. The footage, posted last week on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, showed the woman wearing a light layer of clothing despite freezing winter temperatures. A man visiting her then gives…

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Beijing Olympics App Records Audio and Collects Data, Revealed by Experts | China Insider With David Zhang

February 1, 2022
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The invasion of privacy is serious. Should we be worried about our data being watched by China? A mobile app riddled with trouble, “My 2022” is mandated for all that attend the Winter Games this week. What will Beijing do with the data collected from the athletes, officials, and journalists there? And how easy is…

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CCP Threatens Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen and Christian Churches

February 1, 2022
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Commentary During the final week of January, an ominous series of articles in Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper owned by China’s liaison office, accuse Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, and Christian churches there of inciting student riots against repressive measures in 2019. Four vitriolic articles, all underscoring the need for…

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Japan Parliament Passes Uyghur Resolution But Avoids Naming China

February 1, 2022
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Japan’s parliament passed a resolution on Tuesday expressing concern about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, while remaining circumspect in its criticism of China. The resolution was passed by the lower chamber, with approval from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and some opposition parties….

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Lawmakers Urge US Olympic Officials to Defend Outspoken Athletes at Beijing Games

February 1, 2022
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WASHINGTON—Lawmakers on Monday urged U.S. Olympic officials to prepare to defend American athletes from possible Chinese regime retaliation should they choose to speak out about the regime’s rights abuses during next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics. A Chinese official told reporters in January that any behavior against the Olympic spirit, and “especially against Chinese laws and…

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