2020

by Peter Westmore Human rights organisations and politicians from the democracies have called for the 2022 Winter Olympics, due to be held in Beijing, to be moved to another venue in another country. The move follows international opposition to Beijing’s clampdown on human rights, including the persecution of minority Uyghurs, Falun Gong practitioners and Christians across China, and Beijing’s aggressive foreign policy, ranging from its creation of militarised islands in the South China Sea, cyber espionage on a massive scale, suppression in Hong Kong, and economic imperialism. According to CNN, 160 human-rights organisations from across the world have written to…