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Let’s Boycott the Genocide Games in Beijing

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Let’s Boycott the Genocide Games in Beijing
Exiled Tibetans use the Olympic rings as a prop as they protest against the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in Dharamsala, India, on Feb. 3, 2021. Ashwini Bhatia/AP
Benedict Rogers
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Three days ago the Olympic Games in Tokyo ended, with athletes celebrating their medals and nursing their losses. Now, all eyes turn to the next Olympics—the Winter Games next year—and increasingly the question of the legitimacy of the host city: Beijing.

Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers
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Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, senior analyst for East Asia at the international human rights organization CSW, co-founder and deputy chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, and member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, and the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign.
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