Switzerland
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Tibetan students protest Beijing 2022 by chaining themselves to the Olympic insignia in front of the IOC.
According to Reuters, a peaceful protest was held outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) offices in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday by the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) and Students for a Free Tibet. China is being accused by the groups of utilizing the upcoming Olympic Games, dubbed “Genocide Games,” to portray itself in a…
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Worldwide protest against Olympics in Beijing 2022
People all over the world, particularly Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers, and Taiwanese, are protesting the forthcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics. China has been accused by the United States and other countries of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Muslim Uyghurs, including forced sterilization, rape, forced labor, and torture in detention camps in the Xinjiang…
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In the Swiss-China Trade Agreement, Human Rights have No Place
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hails the conclusion of talks on an investment security deal with China at the end of Germany’s presidency of the Council of the European Union as a major achievement. That was in late December, but doubts about Merkel’s China strategy have grown since then.