British lawmakers from across the political divide have renewed their calls on the government to impose a full diplomatic and political boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics after leaked papers linked top Chinese leaders to the crackdown on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. A series of documents published online by the UK-based campaign group Uyghur Tribunal are said to link top Chinese leaders including Xi Jinping to the regime’s crackdown on Uyghurs. Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: “It has now been published that, in a number of speeches back in 2014, President Xi drove his authorities to carry out the genocide that is going on in Xinjiang among the Uyghur.” “China is a country that has trashed an international treaty with the United Kingdom over Hong Kong and is arresting everybody who disagrees with it and persecuting them,” he told the House of Commons on Tuesday, adding: …
UK Urged to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics Over New Uyghur Revelations
November 30, 2021
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