The Winter Games are scheduled to take place in Beijing in just six months. So far, the IOC has refused to address the human rights violations.
Tokio/Berlin - They were atmospheric images, images that actually arouse anticipation. Paris went all out, Paris was allowed to put on an astonishingly long show at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, suggesting: In three years, everything will be more beautiful, better, more carefree. The IOC, with President Thomas Bach at its helm, should like this prospect. However, first comes Beijing. In less than six months (from February 4, 2022). And that will not be fun.
IOC silent on human rights violations in China
On the day after Tokyo, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) called on Bach to finally take a stand on the human rights situation. Bach "is not only trampling on the values of the Olympic Charter with his silence on the genocide of the Chinese government against the Uyghur ethnic group, but is also disregarding the statements of many UN experts," said Hanno Schedler, STP consultant for genocide prevention. The IOC could also not pretend to know nothing about it. read more