Tag: Winter Olympic Games

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 13:53 UTC

  Despite Western boycott, Beijing Winter Olympics begin

  

  The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway despite a diplomatic boycott and after a ceremony held at the National Stadium - built for the 2008 Summer Games - amid strict health protocols to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  China reportedly reaches deal with Bachelet on release on human rights report

  

  While the Winter Olympic Games are set to commence Friday in Beijing, the Government of China has reportedly reached an unwritten understanding with the Office of the United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights to postpone the release of a document detailing the findings regarding abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the northwest region of Xinjiang.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Argentina against boycott on Beijing Winter Games

  

  Argentina's Sports Minister Matías Lammens has announced his country's full support to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games due to start at the Chinese capital on Feb. 4, 2022, after the United States and some of its closes allies said they would boycott them.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of China's Winter Olympic Games

  

  Australia will not be sending government officials to attend the Winter Olympics Games in China, joining the United States diplomatic boycott. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Beijing had not addressed concerns raised by Canberra on several fronts, particularly human rights abuses.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  The US to boycott Winter Olympic Games scheduled for Beijing next year

  

  The US Government of President Joseph Biden has announced Monday it would boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games to be staged in Beijing, China, starting Feb. 4, as a response to human rights abuses in the host nation.