Several human rights groups have expressed their shock at the total silence from Olympic athletes about the genocide games being held in Beijing, China, this year and are calling for athletes to speak up for the oppressed.
For decades left-wing Olympics athletes have used the games to protest against perceived injustices. Still, with the 2022 Winter games being held in China — one of the most oppressive nations on earth — the protests have been strangely nonexistent.
In a Friday press conference, the activist group Human Rights Watch dubbed the 2022 Winter Games the “genocide Olympics” based on China’s defiant oppression and enslavement of its minority Uyghur population, The Hill reported.
“The 2022 Winter Olympics will be remembered as the genocide games,” said University of Chicago visiting professor and civil rights activist Teng Biao.