Current location:style >>
Human rights group urges countries to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
style746People have gathered around
IntroductionBeijing is using its upcoming Winter Olympics to “sports wash” and gloss over its “ ...
Beijing is using its upcoming Winter Olympics to “sports wash” and gloss over its “horrible” human rights record, the head of Human Rights Watch warned, urging countries to join a diplomatic boycott.
The United States, Britain, Australia and Canada have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Games, set to begin on February 4, over what they consider to be widespread rights abuses by China, including against the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang province.
HRW executive director Kenneth Roth insisted that other countries should also refrain from sending senior officials to the Olympics to help “spotlight the mass atrocities” in the province, as well as China’s “crushing of basic freedoms in Hong Kong”.
Campaigners say at least one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in “re-education camps” in the far western region.
Beijing has defended the camps as vocational training centres aimed at reducing the appeal of Islamic extremism.
Beyond diplomacy, Roth said companies also had a moral obligation to resist the abuses taking place in Xinjiang.
“Every company should be doing what it can to avoid endorsing or legitimising the Chinese government’s repression,” he said, slamming carmaker Tesla’s recent decision to open a dealership in the province as “utterly tone deaf”.
He emphasised in particular that “every company should ensure that their supply chains are not complicit in the forced labour that has become so prevalent in Xinjiang.”
Roth hailed Washington’s decision to ban the import of goods from the province unless it can be demonstrated that no forced labour was used in the production, and urged other countries to do the same.
The HRW chief said there seemed to be a growing willingness among some countries to criticise China before the United Nations in New York and Geneva.
He voiced hope that the office of UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet would soon publish a long-delayed report on rights abuses in Xinjiang, potentially inspiring a broader coalition of countries to speak out.
At the same time, Roth lamented that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is scheduled to attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, “has been absolutely silent and refuses to speak critically about the Chinese government.”
“This is an enormous world failure.”
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Planet Pulse news portal”。http://gibraltar.bahnsport.org/news-61b399861.html
Related articles
Kristin Cavallari, 37, ignores critics of her age
styleKristin Cavallari is enjoying a romantic rendezvous with her much younger cowboy lover Mark Estes in ...
【style】
Read more10th National Constitution Day Marked in China
styleContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【style】
Read moreHigh School Students Recreate Masterpiece on Classroom Walls
styleContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom ...
【style】
Read more
Popular articles
- Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world
- Chinese, Dominican presidents exchange congratulations on 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties
- 3D Printing Construction Company Empowers Village Development in Xizang
- Xinhua Headlines: Rescuers Battle Cold, Aftershocks to Help NW China Earthquake Victims
- The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
- Life Skills Improve Lives for Those with Disabilities
Latest articles
Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
Commission, Departments Help Children Improve Mental Well
Hainan free trade port development in full swing: Governor
Archaeology Forum Held in Shanghai, Highlighting Climate Change, Social Sustainability
Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise
Efforts to Improve Child Development in Rural Areas
LINKS
- ACWF Improves Cadres' Ability to Protect Women, Children's Rights
- Procuratorate, Federations Strengthen Protection of Women, Children's Rights, Interests
- Media Briefing Showcases Achievements in Protection of Mudanjiang Women's Rights
- Inner Mongolia Strengthens Protection of Women's Rights, Interests
- 2022 'She Can' Public Welfare Project Kicks off in Chengdu
- University Students Provide Voluntary Services in Hometown
- Strengthening Women's Volunteer Services
- Helping Volunteers, Cadres Improve Ability to Protect Women, Children's Rights
- Court, Federation Publicize Top Cases Involving Protection of Minors' Rights
- Federation Helps Women, Children Increase Scientific Knowledge