Britain should boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because there is “overwhelming” evidence the Chinese regime is committing genocide against the Uyghur minority, the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats has said. “The Liberal Democrats, like many other people, have seen the evidence coming out from Xinjiang in western China that the Chinese authorities are persecuting the Uyghurs who live there,” Sir Ed Davey told NTD in an interview on Thursday. “We’re talking about forced labour camps. We’re talking about systematic rape and sterilisation of women. We’re talking about the separation of families.” “I don’t really don’t think we can feed into what will be a propaganda exercise for the Chinese authorities when we know what is happening to literally millions of people in western China,” he said. At the Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Feb. 24, Davey asked Boris Johnson if he agrees that “unless …
UK Should Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over Uyghur Genocide: Liberal Democrats Leader
February 26, 2021
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