Over 160 rights groups call on IOC chief to revoke 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijing’s human rights record.
It is the largest coordinated effort following several months of similar calls from individual rights groups, and comes as Beijing is facing increased international backlash over policies including its treatment of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang and new security laws in Hong Kong.
Separately, in an open letter released Wednesday, a coalition of over 300 civil society groups including Human Rights Watch called for the U.N. to set up an independent international mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in China.
#China #Olympics #IOC #Uighurs
Source: Reuters #Sep16
More questions on human rights for Beijing Winter Olympics
A spokeswoman for the World Uyghur Congress Zumretay Arkin was born in Xinjiang, immigrated to Canada and still has family in northwestern China. She described Xinjiang as a human-right issue, not simply a political issue.
She was disappointed with the respond of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). IOC repeated its stance that it’s not a political body and doesn’t take a position on human-rights issues. It simply organizes sports events. And it said, “Awardingntje Olympic Games to a national Olympic Committee does not mean that IOC agrees with the political structure, social circumstances or human rights in its country.”
Source: The Association Press #Oct16
https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-juan-antonio-samaranch-beijing-2020-tokyo-olympics-china-d03b46950b26420664677b8d1aa8caa2
#BeijingWinterOlympics #Xinjing #Ugyhur #IOC
A spokeswoman for the World Uyghur Congress Zumretay Arkin was born in Xinjiang, immigrated to Canada and still has family in northwestern China. She described Xinjiang as a human-right issue, not simply a political issue.
She was disappointed with the respond of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). IOC repeated its stance that it’s not a political body and doesn’t take a position on human-rights issues. It simply organizes sports events. And it said, “Awardingntje Olympic Games to a national Olympic Committee does not mean that IOC agrees with the political structure, social circumstances or human rights in its country.”
Source: The Association Press #Oct16
https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-juan-antonio-samaranch-beijing-2020-tokyo-olympics-china-d03b46950b26420664677b8d1aa8caa2
#BeijingWinterOlympics #Xinjing #Ugyhur #IOC
180 International Human Rights Organisations Sign Open Letter Calling on Countries to Boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin in February next year. An international coalition of 180 human rights organisations from around the world issued an open letter on Wednesday (Feb. 3) calling on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics and pay attention to the human rights situation in China.
The coalition of 180 human rights organisations, includes the World Uyghur Congress and the International Tibet Network. In an open letter, they said that since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2015, " "the situation has deteriorated drastically as President Xi Jinping has unleashed an unrelenting crackdown on basic freedom and human rights". They also accused the IOC of refusing to take action on Beijing's human rights situation and called on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Games and not encourage China's reckless exploitation of human rights and dissidents' suppression.
The open letter also addressed the situation in Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, including the arrest of many pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the political persecution of Tibetans and Uyghurs.
#2022Olympics #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China #IOC #HumanRights #Xinjiang #HongKong
Source: Stand News #Jan24
https://bit.ly/3a6DDEv
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin in February next year. An international coalition of 180 human rights organisations from around the world issued an open letter on Wednesday (Feb. 3) calling on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics and pay attention to the human rights situation in China.
The coalition of 180 human rights organisations, includes the World Uyghur Congress and the International Tibet Network. In an open letter, they said that since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2015, " "the situation has deteriorated drastically as President Xi Jinping has unleashed an unrelenting crackdown on basic freedom and human rights". They also accused the IOC of refusing to take action on Beijing's human rights situation and called on leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Games and not encourage China's reckless exploitation of human rights and dissidents' suppression.
The open letter also addressed the situation in Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, including the arrest of many pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and the political persecution of Tibetans and Uyghurs.
#2022Olympics #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China #IOC #HumanRights #Xinjiang #HongKong
Source: Stand News #Jan24
https://bit.ly/3a6DDEv
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#IOC asks Chinese team for report on cyclists' #MaoZedong badges
The International Olympic Committee on August 3, 2021 asked the Chinese team for a report on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong.
Gold medal cyclists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore the badges during a medal ceremony on Monday, August 2, 2021 in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia.
"We contacted the Chinese Olympic Committee and asked them for a report on the situation," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. "We are looking into the matter."
Source: Reuters #Aug3
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https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/ioc-asks-chinese-team-report-cyclists-mao-zedong-badges-2021-08-03/
#IOC asks Chinese team for report on cyclists' #MaoZedong badges
The International Olympic Committee on August 3, 2021 asked the Chinese team for a report on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong.
Gold medal cyclists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore the badges during a medal ceremony on Monday, August 2, 2021 in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia.
"We contacted the Chinese Olympic Committee and asked them for a report on the situation," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said. "We are looking into the matter."
Source: Reuters #Aug3
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https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/ioc-asks-chinese-team-report-cyclists-mao-zedong-badges-2021-08-03/
Foreign Media Reporters Slammed for Obstructing Beijing Winter Olympics Coverage: Stalking, Harassment, and Reprimands
Foreign media reporters based in China issued a statement on 2 November, accusing the Chinese government of "constantly blocking" foreign media from covering Beijing Winter Olympics-related events, including denying or ignoring requests to cover the event, as well as stalking, harassing, bullying and making things difficult for reporters with almost impossible-to-reach epidemic prevention requirements.
The Guardian reported on 2 November that the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a sternly worded statement on Twitter accusing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of failing to uphold the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s charter requirement to adequately ensure media coverage of the Games for a global audience, “Our members have repeatedly asked (the Beijing Winter Games Organizing Committee) how the international media can cover the Games, but have been met with conflicting answers or have been completely ignored.”
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place next February. The statement said that in the past year, most of the FCCC reporters were unable to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics press conference or related events, while domestic Chinese reporters were allowed to cover the event; many of the dates of the press conference were not announced in advance or were announced only a few hours before the press conference. Foreign journalists were denied access to the event because the Beijing Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee limited their participation to selected media outlets, announced that the number of participants was full, or requested that participants submit their COVID-19 test results within a few hours, which was almost impossible.
Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/world/breakingnews/3724243
#China #Beijing #ForeignMedia #BeijingOlympicWinterGames #BeijingWinterGamesOrganizingCommittee #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #ForeignCorrespondentsClubinChina #FCCC #TheGuardian
Foreign media reporters based in China issued a statement on 2 November, accusing the Chinese government of "constantly blocking" foreign media from covering Beijing Winter Olympics-related events, including denying or ignoring requests to cover the event, as well as stalking, harassing, bullying and making things difficult for reporters with almost impossible-to-reach epidemic prevention requirements.
The Guardian reported on 2 November that the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a sternly worded statement on Twitter accusing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of failing to uphold the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s charter requirement to adequately ensure media coverage of the Games for a global audience, “Our members have repeatedly asked (the Beijing Winter Games Organizing Committee) how the international media can cover the Games, but have been met with conflicting answers or have been completely ignored.”
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place next February. The statement said that in the past year, most of the FCCC reporters were unable to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics press conference or related events, while domestic Chinese reporters were allowed to cover the event; many of the dates of the press conference were not announced in advance or were announced only a few hours before the press conference. Foreign journalists were denied access to the event because the Beijing Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee limited their participation to selected media outlets, announced that the number of participants was full, or requested that participants submit their COVID-19 test results within a few hours, which was almost impossible.
Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/world/breakingnews/3724243
#China #Beijing #ForeignMedia #BeijingOlympicWinterGames #BeijingWinterGamesOrganizingCommittee #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #ForeignCorrespondentsClubinChina #FCCC #TheGuardian
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Swedish Gold Medalist says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
//Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, who won two gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on Sunday, February 13, 2022, condemned the International Olympic Committee (#IOC) as being "extremely irresponsible" in handing over the games to a country that "violates human rights as blatantly" as China does.
25-year-old Nils van der Poel took gold in the men's 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics, setting the world record in the latter.
...He compared the games to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He said that the Olympics is a "fantastic sporting event where you unite the world and nations meet," but he added that "so did Hitler before invading Poland, and so did Russia before invading Ukraine," referring to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and the invasion of Ukrainian territory in Crimea by Russia in 2014.
As for Beijing's hosting of the Winter Games, Van de Poel said, "I think it is extremely irresponsible to give it to a country that violates human rights as blatantly as the Chinese regime is doing."//
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4444098
Source: Taiwan News #Feb15
#NilsVanDerPoel #Sweden #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China
//Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel, who won two gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, on Sunday, February 13, 2022, condemned the International Olympic Committee (#IOC) as being "extremely irresponsible" in handing over the games to a country that "violates human rights as blatantly" as China does.
25-year-old Nils van der Poel took gold in the men's 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics, setting the world record in the latter.
...He compared the games to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
He said that the Olympics is a "fantastic sporting event where you unite the world and nations meet," but he added that "so did Hitler before invading Poland, and so did Russia before invading Ukraine," referring to the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and the invasion of Ukrainian territory in Crimea by Russia in 2014.
As for Beijing's hosting of the Winter Games, Van de Poel said, "I think it is extremely irresponsible to give it to a country that violates human rights as blatantly as the Chinese regime is doing."//
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4444098
Source: Taiwan News #Feb15
#NilsVanDerPoel #Sweden #WinterOlympics #Beijing #China
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Swedish skater says China's hosting of Olympics 'extremely irresponsible' amid human rights abuses
Van der Poel condemns IOC for allowing China to host Olympics amid blatant human rights violations | 2022-02-15 18:43:00
#WinterOlympics #HumanRights #Shame
Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger #Luge #IOC #LGBT
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
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Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger #Luge #IOC #LGBT
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
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#WinterOlympics #HumanRights #Shame
Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger, Germany’s #luge champion who took home a sixth gold medal at #WinterOlympic Games this year. She went to Beijing having previously criticised China and even considered boycotting.
“When there’s #HumanRights and the country’s stance on #LGBT, those issues should be taken into consideration by the #IOC (in selecting host nations).”
Geisenberger refused to speak about the human rights issue during the Games.
“You have to be careful when you say what, and where you say it, and I think many are feeling this way. Here on location, I think it’s better not to say too much,” she said on February 8.
Having now returned to Germany, she told newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that she will never return to China.
“It’s just not a holiday destination for me, and I wouldn’t go to China for a World Cup either,” Geisenberger continued saying, “it has nothing to do with the pandemic. I wasn’t there because I really wanted to go to China, but because the IOC decided that the Olympic Games would take place in Beijing.
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
https://p.dw.com/p/47AoV
Natalie Geisenberger: I’d never returned to China
#NatalieGeisenberger, Germany’s #luge champion who took home a sixth gold medal at #WinterOlympic Games this year. She went to Beijing having previously criticised China and even considered boycotting.
“When there’s #HumanRights and the country’s stance on #LGBT, those issues should be taken into consideration by the #IOC (in selecting host nations).”
Geisenberger refused to speak about the human rights issue during the Games.
“You have to be careful when you say what, and where you say it, and I think many are feeling this way. Here on location, I think it’s better not to say too much,” she said on February 8.
Having now returned to Germany, she told newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that she will never return to China.
“It’s just not a holiday destination for me, and I wouldn’t go to China for a World Cup either,” Geisenberger continued saying, “it has nothing to do with the pandemic. I wasn’t there because I really wanted to go to China, but because the IOC decided that the Olympic Games would take place in Beijing.
Source: Deutsche Welle; #Feb17
https://p.dw.com/p/47AoV
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德国冬奥冠军：比赛一结束就离开中国
刚刚在北京冬奥上斩获两枚金牌的德国雪橇运动员盖森贝格在2月16日的电视访谈节目中，对自己的冬奥之旅进行了批判性总结。她认为此次的东道主中国正与世隔绝，并且承认这次参赛面临着“内心纠结”。