Today, on International Olympic Day 2021, we Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger, Taiwanese, and Chinese people, and our committed allies are united in our call on world leaders, National Olympic Committees, Olympic sponsors, and all people of conscience to end support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, ‘The Genocide Games’.
From New Zealand to Canada, Japan to Argentina, Australia to Sweden, thousands of us have come together in towns and cities around the world to demand action against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China’s genocide against the Uyghur and Turkic Muslim people, the severe and escalating repression in Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Hong Kong, and China proper, and geopolitical bullying of Taiwan, or risk legitimising these abuses.
For decades the International Olympic Committee has had an opportunity to use its position as a ‘force for good’ to demand China uphold the Olympic Charter and the Fundamental Principles of Olympism that “seeks to create a way of life-based on […] social responsibility and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.” But they have completely failed in this task.
Allowing Beijing 2022 to go ahead runs the serious risk of legitimising China’s crimes against humanity. The clearest indication of this comes from the 2008 Olympic Games when China made a series of human rights commitments during its successful bid, then immediately backtracked on them and escalated its crackdowns against Tibetans, Uyghurs, and government critics. Despite this, it faced no challenge from the International Olympic Committee at any point.
Now faced with the worst possible human rights crisis of our time – genocide – it falls on Governments, National Olympic Associations, Sponsors, athletes to take a stand and boycott of the 2022 Winter Games.
Aide aux Refugies Tibetains
Amigos de Tibet, Colombia
Amigos del Tíbet, Chile
Amigos del Tibet, El Salvador
Anterrashtriya Bharat – Tibbet Sahyog Samiti
Asociación Cultural Peruano Tibetana
Asociación Cultural Tibetano Costarricense
Association Cognizance Tibet, North Carolina
Association Drôme Ardèche-Tibet
Associazione Italia-Tibet
Australia Tibet Council
Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association
Bath Tibet Support Group
Bay Area Friends of Tibet
Bharrat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, India
Birmingham Stands with Hong Kong
Boston Tibet Network
Briancon05 Urgence Tibet
BristolTibet
CADAL
Canada Tibet Committee
Casa Tibet México
Centro De Cultura Tibetana, Brazil
Circle of Friends (Philippines)
Comite de Apoyo al Tibet (CAT)
Committee of 100 for Tibet
Comunità Tibetana in Italia
Core Group for Tibetan Cause, India
Covenants Watch
Czechs Support Tibet
DC4HK – Washingtonians Supporting Hong Kong
Dream for Children, Japan
EcoTibet Ireland
Foundation for Universal Responsibility of H. H. the Dalai Lama
France-Tibet
Free Indo-Pacific Alliance
Free Tibet
Free Tibet Fukuoka
Friends of Tibet in Costa Rica
Friends of Tibet in Finland
Friends of Tibet New Zealand
Fundacion Casa del Tibet, Barcelona
Germany Stands with Hong Kong
Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities
Grupo de Apoio ao Tibete, Portugal
Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan
香港邊城青年 Hong Kong Outlanders
India Tibet Friendship Society
International Campaign for Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet, Brussels
International Campaign for Tibet, Germany
International Campaign for Tibet, Netherlands
International Society of Human Rights, Munich Chapter (IGFM)ISHR – Sweden
International Tibet Independence Movement
International Youth Movement For Human Rights
Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People
Japan Association of Monks for Tibet (Super Sangha)
Justice For All Canada
Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan
Le Club Français, Paraguay
Les Amis du Tibet – Belgium
Les Amis du Tibet Luxembourg
Lions Des Neiges Mont Blanc, France
Lungta Association Belgium
Maison des Himalayas
Maison du Tibet – Tibet Info
National Campaign for Tibetan Support, India
National Democratic Party of Tibet
New School for Democracy
NOW!
Objectif Tibet
Passeport Tibetain
Phagma Drolma-Arya Tara
Power to Hongkongers
RangZen:Movimento Tibete Livre, Brazil
Regional Tibetan Youth Congress Belgium
Roof of the World Foundation, Indonesia
Sakya Trinley Ling
Santa Barbara Friends of TibetSave Tibet Foundation
Save Tibet, Austria
Sierra Friends of Tibet
Society for Threatened Peoples International
STAND Canada
Stand with Hong Kong Vienna
Students for a Free Tibet
Students for a Free Tibet – Canada
Students for a Free Tibet – France
Students for a Free Tibet – UK
Students for a Free Tibet Denmark
Students for a Free Tibet India
Students for a Free Tibet Japan
Swedish Tibet Committee
Swiss Tibetan Friendship Association (GSTF)
Taiwan East Turkestan Association
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty
Taiwan Friends of Tibet
台灣永社 Taiwan Forever Association, TFA
台灣勞工陣線協會 Taiwan Labour Front
Tashi Delek Bordeaux
The Norwegian Tibet Committee
The Youth Liberation Front of Tibet, Mongolia and Turkestan
Tibet Action Group of Western Australia
Tibet Action Institute
Tibetan Association of Germany
Tibetan Association of Ithaca
Tibetan Association of Northern California
Tibetan Association of Philadelphia
Tibet cesky (Tibet in Czech)
Tibetan Community Austria
Tibetan Community in Britain
Tibetan Community in Denmark
Tibet Committee of Fairbanks
Tibetan Community in Ireland
Tibetan Community of Victoria
TIBETAN COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Tibetan Community Sweden
Tibetan Community, Queensland
Tibetan Cultural Association – Quebec
Tibet Group, Panama
TIBET HOUSE FOUNDATION BARCELONA
Tibet Initiative Deutschland
Tibet Justice Center
Tibet Lives, India
Tibet Mx
Tíbet Patria Libre, Uruguay
Tibet Rescue Initiative in Africa
Tibet Society of South Africa
Tibet Society, U.K.
Tibet Support Committee Denmark
Tibet Support Group – Netherlands
Tibet Support Group Adelaide – Australia
Tibet Support Group Ireland
Tibet Support Group Kenya
Tibet Support Group Kiku, Japan
Tibetan Programme of The Other Space Foundation
Tibetan Women’s Association (Central)
Tibetan Youth Association in Europe
Tibetans of Mixed Heritage
Tibetisches Zentrum Hamburg
TIBETmichigan
Torontonian HongKongers Action Group
TSG – Slovenia
U.S. Tibet Committee
United Nations for a Free Tibet (UNFFT)
Uighur Community Austria
Voces Tibet
World League for Freedom and Democracy
台灣永社 Taiwan Forever Association, TFA