Genocide Games
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Despite cratering ratings for the Tokyo Games, it seems unlikely NBC will be much influenced by demands from human rights groups representing Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong residents and others to not cover the upcoming Winter Olympics (or what they call the “Genocide Games” in their letter).
Perhaps though NBC can find the moral strength to replace one of its Chinese Chamber of Commerce pieces with a report on human rights abuses.
“All of your companies are at serious risk of being complicit in China’s plan to ‘sport wash’ the severe and worsening human rights abuses and embolden the actions of the Chinese authorities,” the open letter reads. “By broadcasting Beijing 2022 your companies will legitimize these abuses and promote what is being widely described as the ‘Genocide Games’.”
China’s foreign ministry has repeatedly criticized what it calls the “politicization of sports” and has said any Olympic boycott is “doomed to failure.” It has also denied committing genocide against the Uyghur people, describing the charges as the “lie of the century.”
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