BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Tibetan activists on Friday demanded that Allianz drop its sponsorship of the Beijing Winter Olympics over allegations of human rights abuses against China and over its treatment of minorities. Members of groups including Students for a Free...

Human rights advocates have failed in a years-long effort to get companies to cut their support for the Games that begin next month Late last year, human rights activists stood outside the White House for 57 hours urging the United States to...

LAUSANNE, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Two Tibetan students chained themselves to the Olympic rings outside the Swiss headquarters of the International Olympic Committee on Saturday to call for an international boycott of next year's winter games. The pair were part of the...

The #NoBeijing2022 campaign is calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The Beijing Winter Olympic Games are due to begin on February 4, just 180 days after the postponed Tokyo Summer Games ended. But many young activists worldwide hope...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was being held Monday and ran toward the newly lighted torch holding a Tibetan flag and a...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two women attempted to hang a banner from the Acropolis in Athens Sunday morning in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, and were detained by Greek police. The activists, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled...