{"id":1204805,"date":"2022-01-10T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204805"},"modified":"2022-01-10T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:09:49","slug":"activists-urge-athletes-to-boycott-chinas-genocide-olympics-for-their-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-urge-athletes-to-boycott-chinas-genocide-olympics-for-their-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Urge Athletes to Boycott China&#039;s Genocide Olympics for Their Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivists-urge-athletes-to-boycott-chinas-genocide-olympics-for-their-safety%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1204805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Human rights activists and victims of the communist regime in China launched a campaign on Monday to encourage American athletes to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, for moral reasons as well as their own safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter Olympics in the capital of the world\u2019s most egregious human rights abusing state are set to begin on February 4. Activists have for over a year urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change the venue out of respect for the victims of the ongoing genocide of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic group members in East Turkistan, as well as the cultural genocide of Tibetans and Southern Mongolians, the repression of pro-democracy voices in Hong Kong, and the extreme human rights violations committed following the initial spread of the Chinese coronavirus out of central Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Concerns about the health and safety of athletes became more acute towards the end of the year following the disappearance of tennis champion Peng Shuai \u2013 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/24\/chinese-official-who-tennis-star-peng-shuai-accused-of-rape-leads-chinas-olympic-committee\/\">accused<\/a> the former head of China\u2019s Olympic Committee of raping her \u2013 and the resurgence of the Chinese coronavirus nationwide after the Communist Party promoted travel to celebrate its founding in October. Beijing began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/18\/beijing-limits-travel-into-city-just-79-days-before-2022-winter-olympics\/\">limiting<\/a> travel into the city and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/02\/coronavirus-panic-spreads-in-beijing-three-months-before-olympics\/\">locking down<\/a> affected neighborhoods in November.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of human rights groups known as the&nbsp;Genocide Games Task Force launched a campaign urging Americans to send letters to the&nbsp;U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) encouraging athletes not to participate in the event. Many American athletes have been training for months for the event and none have shown any indication they will abstain from competing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19428578\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363758173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19428578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1363758173-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman gets a PCR test on January 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. With 25 days to the beginning of Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities are on high alert to prevent the spread of Covid-19. (Andrea Verdelli\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/genocidegames.org\/\">letter<\/a>, directed at the American Olympian organization, warns that China\u2019s poor handling of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic directly endangers American athletes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cChinese assurances that arrangements to protect foreign athletes and support personnel \u2013 and for that matter, sponsors \u2013 ring hollow given the lies the PRC [Chinese] regime has consistently promoted from the moment it was caught disseminating the [Chinese] virus around the world,\u201d the letter read in part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent days, huge Chinese cities have been subjected to forcible lock-down, including the 13 million residents of Xi\u2019an. \u2026 Some of those thus effectively imprisoned are said to be famished and starving,\u201d the letter noted. \u201cThis draconian response seems to reflect the dire nature of the [Chinese coronavirus] threat in China at the moment, prompting speculation that a new, more dangerous strain of the disease is involved. There are also reports that the Chinese are contending with deadly hemorrhagic fever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Xi\u2019an lockdown became globally notorious after residents of the city began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/30\/china-starving-out-13-million-trapped-epicenter-coronavirus-outbreak\/\">posting<\/a> online that they were starving and government officials would not leave their homes to find food. At least two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/06\/china-pregnant-woman-miscarries-after-hospital-in-locked-down-city-denies-care\/\">deaths<\/a> were reported during the lockdown over hospitals denying patients care: an eight-months-old pregnant woman who miscarried and a man who died of heart failure.<\/p>\n<p>The Communist Party responded to the furor surrounding the government\u2019s poor reaction to the outbreak by making it illegal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/01\/06\/chinese-city-bans-negative-posts-about-brutal-coronavirus-lockdown\/\">complain<\/a> about lockdowns on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#8217;s a reason why the world is uniting to boycott the Communist Chinese Genocide Olympics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUBW8wl5Vn\">https:\/\/t.co\/cUBW8wl5Vn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1432821109980815366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut for the evident desire not to prompt harsh retaliation by the Chinese government, it seems clear that neither the USOPC nor the IOC would contemplate sending the world\u2019s athletes and their supporting staff into such an environment,\u201d the letter, which the Genocide Games Task Force urged concerned citizens to send to the USOPC, concluded. \u201cFear of the CCP\u2019s [Communist Party\u2019s] bullying, however, must not take precedence over the safety and wellbeing, to say nothing of the lives, of our Olympians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Genocide Games Task Force is&nbsp;a team jointly sponsored by the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC) and Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF). The group has also launched a petition calling for the athletes to withdraw from the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Only one country in the world has committed to boycotting the Beijing Olympics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/07\/north-korea-becomes-first-country-to-boycott-genocide-olympics-to-protest-america\/\">North Korea<\/a>. The repressive communist regime and top China ally announced it would not send athletes to the Games last week as a protest against the United States and other nations lamenting the deplorable human rights conditions in China, and to protect North Korean athletes from Chinese coronavirus disease.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC banned North Korea from the Olympics, so its \u201cboycott\u201d is merely ceremonial.<\/p>\n<p>Some countries, like the United States, have announced what they branded a \u201cdiplomatic boycott.\u201d A diplomatic boycott is not a boycott, as athletes will continue to participate in the Games. Instead, the \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d would presumably keep politicians and diplomats home while sending the athletes to Beijing on their own. The Chinese government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/28\/biden-admin-confirms-sending-officials-to-genocide-games-claims-boycott-stands\/\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;last month, however, that the administration of President Joe Biden had lied about the \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d and that several American officials had applied for visas to attend the Games.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden will not back an athletic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but backed a boycott of Atlanta by the MLB All-Star Game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5M3RFq6GEa\">https:\/\/t.co\/5M3RFq6GEa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1469467160414146562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter to the USOPC follows repeated claims by the Chinese government, supporters of the Olympics generally, and American politicians who oppose a boycott that not participating in the Games actively hurts the athletes. Among the most prominent supporters of the Beijing Games in American politics is Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/12\/07\/cruz-we-should-go-to-2022-olympics-and-highlight-chinas-oppression\/\">taken<\/a> to the airwaves to promote American participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to punish a bunch of young athletes \u2014 young men and women \u2014 who have spent their entire lives training for just this brief moment to compete on the international stage,\u201d Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/27\/ted-cruz-boycotting-olympics-china-would-punish-athletes\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News last month. \u201cI\u2019m not willing to destroy their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the lack of action by the IOC and foreign governments, human rights groups have directed their efforts to the athletes that make the Games worth watching. This weekend, activists from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) \u2013 representing one of the most persecuted communities under the yoke of the Chinese Communist Party \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforafreetibet.org\/letter-to-beijing-2022-athletes\/\">organized<\/a> a meeting with Winter Olympics athletes training in Minnesota. SFT noted in appreciation support from members of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement supporting them. The activists delivered a letter to the athletes explaining that their opposition to the Games was not a personal attack against the competitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never wanted to politicize the Winter Olympics, but for nearly two years now, the IOC has failed us, and failed you,\u201d the letter read in part. \u201cAnd so one month from today, the IOC will ask you to stand alongside the genocidal Chinese government at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics, and to join them in legitimizing the propaganda, sportswashing, and silencing of a 21st-century Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, marking one month until the start of the Games in Beijing, protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/05\/protesters-outside-of-nbc-studios-demand-network-sponsors-drop-genocide-olympics\/\">organized<\/a> rallies outside of NBC Studios in New York, Washington, DC, and Boston, urging the network not to air the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641649586431000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qb7s_yht6bVIqM52HrsX1\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641649586431000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0TGxQie-dT9gk1AOJXZV6a\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights activists and victims of the communist regime in China launched a campaign on Monday to encourage American athletes to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, for moral reasons &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}