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From boycotts at the Beijing Games to sponsor battles back home, activist Olympians are fighting for their right to dissent beyond the podium The athletes wouldn’t dare take a knee — not in China. There would be no fists raised toward Xi Jingping...

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Young Tibetan, Uighur, and Hong Kong protesters have teamed up to take on Chinese propaganda at the Winter Olympics—and they don’t plan to let up anytime soon. With the 2022 Winter Olympics well underway in Beijing, a coalition of activists from around the world...

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ACTIVISTS CALL FOR IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH TO BE FIRED STATING THE OLYMPICS COMMITTEE IS ‘UNFIT FOR PURPOSE’ ATHLETES EXPECTED TO BOYCOTT BEIJING 2022 OPENING CEREMONY AS THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO BOYCOTT VIEWING THE WINTER OLYMPICS [New York]: Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger,...

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When the Winter Olympics officially begin Friday in Beijing, U.S. diplomats and international fans won’t be the only ones missing from the festivities. Olympic athletes from multiple countries who want to show solidarity with the victims of the Chinese government’s human rights abuses have been quietly preparing...

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BOSTON—With just one week to go until the Winter Olympic Games open in Beijing, Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Konger, and Taiwanese activists protested outside NBC’s Boston headquarters today, condemning the official US broadcaster of the Olympics for helping China coverup its human rights...

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***A recording of today’s press briefing is available at http://bit.ly/SFTMedia123. NEW YORK—Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) activists’ efforts to engage with athletes heading to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics were curtailed by Team USA at a number of qualifying events in...

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