International groups have called for the release of two human rights activists arrested after protesting at the Acropolis in Athens on Sunday against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The two student activists—18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu—were being held in detention until Monday morning in Athens pending an…
International Groups Call for Release of Athens Protesters Opposing Beijing Olympics
October 18, 2021
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2 Arrested in Athens for Protesting Beijing Olympics
October 17, 2021
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ATHENS, Greece—Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens Sunday morning in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, and were detained by Greek police. The activists, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu, both American citizens, are members of the “No Beijing 2022” campaign,…
New Jersey Set to Shed $182 Million Unilever Assets Over Ben & Jerry’s Boycott
A New Jersey state treasury official said on Wednesday it is set to divest $182 million in Unilever Plc. stock and bonds held by its pension funds over the restriction of sales by the consumer giant’s Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand in Israeli-occupied territories. It is the latest action by a U.S. state challenging…
Broadcasters Urged to Cancel Plans to Cover Beijing Olympics
TOKYO—Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter Games are scheduled to open on Feb. 4. The request comes in an open letter from rights groups representing minorities in China, including Uyghurs, Tibetans,…
Attention Turns From Tokyo Olympics to Beijing 2022 Amid Calls for Boycott
August 10, 2021
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As the Tokyo Summer Olympics closed on Aug. 8, attention has turned back to the controversy surrounding the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics games ran relatively smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic, although it was not open to spectators. The United States scored the most gold medals with 39, with China coming in second…
China ‘Does Not Deserve to Host’ 2022 Olympics: Lawyer, Activist
As the 1-year-delayed Summer Olympics play out in Tokyo, Japan, a human rights activist called on the United States to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Reggie Littlejohn, a Yale Law graduate with nearly 10 years of experience secretly aiding women in China, said “China does not deserve to host these games.” “I was appalled…
China ‘Does Not Deserve to Host’ 2022 Olympics: Rights Activist
As the 1-year-delayed Summer Olympics play out in Tokyo, Japan, a human rights activist called on the United States to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Reggie Littlejohn, a Yale Law graduate with nearly 10 years of experience secretly aiding women in China, said “China does not deserve to host these games.” “I was appalled…
Livestream Alert: Coalition Opposing ‘Genocide Games’ Calls to Move, Boycott 2022 Olympics
A coalition of human rights activists, legislators, and victims of communist China, among others, will hold a rally in Washington on Tuesday to call for the 2022 Beijing Olympics to be moved or boycotted over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) genocide of Uyghurs and other crimes against humanity. The rally accompanies the first annual International…
LIVE: Coalition Opposing ‘Genocide Games’ Calls to Move, Boycott 2022 Olympics
A coalition of human rights activists, legislators, and victims of communist China, among others, will hold a rally in Washington on Tuesday to call for the 2022 Beijing Olympics to be moved or boycotted over the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) genocide of Uyghurs and other crimes against humanity. The rally accompanies the first annual International…
Ministers Urged to Threaten China With Olympics Boycott Over Xinjiang Abuses
July 6, 2021
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Members of the royal family and UK ministers should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless China allows UN investigators to examine alleged human rights abuses, Labour has said. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden have been urged to announce a political boycott of the Games if Beijing refuses to allow a…
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