Human rights advocates are condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for sentencing 11 Falun Gong practitioners to up to eight years in prison just weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 4. The heavy-handed sentences on Jan. 14 again draw attention to the regime’s human rights abuses as it seeks to silence dissenting voices and exalt its political image to the world during the upcoming Games, says Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, also co-chair of Parliamentary Friends of Falun Gong. “Beijing is always mindful of its international image and often tries to prevent critical information from getting out,” Genuis told The Epoch Times. “We have seen this especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the leadup to major international events. With the extreme measures that Beijing has imposed in preparation for the Olympics, it is entirely in keeping with the behavior of the Xi Jinping regime to …