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Calls for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics to grow louder: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 8 (ANI): With the opening ceremony of 2022 Winter Beijing Olympics drawing near, calls for the boycott of the games are expected to grow louder amid the Chinese ongoing repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
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US urges China not to restrict journalists' freedom at Beijing Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 5 (ANI): The United States has urged China not to restrict journalists' access and movement as they report on the 2022 Winter Olympics, local media reported.
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International Olympic Committee to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 pc b
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], October 24 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it will cut its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, as part of its commitment to tackling climate change.
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Greek police arrested Tibetan student, exiled Hong Kong leader for protest
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], October 20 (ANI): Activists protesting against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics were arrested in Athens on Sunday as they attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis, media reported.
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China asks for cooperation from Japan for Beijing Games
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 30 (ANI): China on Thursday asked for cooperation from Japan to safely host the upcoming Beijing Games amid COVID-19.
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Boycott 2022 Beijing Olympics: Uyghurs, dissidents urge during anti-China
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 18 (ANI): Despite the city facing the impact of incoming typhoon Chanthu, nearly 40 Uyghurs, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hong Kong and Chinese dissident activists, supported by a few Japanese activists, marched through central Tokyo on Saturday.
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Tokyo: Protestors demonstrate against human rights abuses by China, calls
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): A group of protestors on Monday including Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, and human rights defenders from Hong Kong, Japan and China demonstrated against the human rights abuses by Beijing and called upon the world community to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Oly
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Calls for boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese repression intensify, p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 23 (ANI): A protest was held on Wednesday near Parliament House in Australia, calling for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics amid ongoing Chinese genocide against Uyghur Muslims and the severe repression in Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Hong
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US lawmakers urge IOC to consider alternative locations for 2022 Beijing O
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 8 (ANI): Top US lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a resolution on Monday (local time), urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games, citing human rights violation against Uyghur by the Chinese governmen
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Rights groups call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics over Uyghurs genoc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): A coalition of human rights groups has called for a complete boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying that participating in the games would be tantamount to endorsing China's genocide against the Uyghur people".
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China expresses strong dissatisfaction to Pelosi 'lies' over Beijing Olymp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 19 (ANI): China on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a "diplomatic boycott" of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds.
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