Organizers are telling ‘lies’ about Xinjiang

Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee condemns ThursdayLieReaffirmed the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese government’s position on Taiwan.

“These questions have nothing to do with winter sports, but I am still compelled to make a brief comment.Yan Jiarong, spokesman for the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee, answered two questions raised by foreign journalists about Xinjiang, a vast region of northwestern China with a Muslim majority. “The questions are mostly based on lies. Some officials have already challenged this misinformation with a number of conclusive evidence“, She promised.

Human rights groups have accused Beijing of carrying out systematic repression of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in the region, such as the Kazakhs, since 2017. They accuse the Chinese regime of using forced labor and forced contraception and keeping more than a million people in re-education camps. Beijing has denied the allegationsVocational Training CentersIn the aftermath of the Uyghur attack, it aimed to combat Islamic extremism.

In December, several countries, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia, condemned human rights abuses in China, especially in Xinjiang, and decided to diplomatically boycott the games. These countries do not send official officials to Beijing even though their athletes participate in the Games.

For asking about Taiwan, Yan Jiorong Island “Is the inevitable part of China“.”This is a well-recognized international policy“, She began. The communist regime considers Taiwan one of its provinces and is destined to return to its territory by force if necessary. At the Olympics, the territory is referred to as”.Chinese Taipei“.

Athletes will not be able to march behind the Taiwanese flag or use the island’s national anthem during the opening ceremony. “I mean, there is only one China in the worldMs. Yan insisted before concluding: “We are always against the idea of ​​mixing sports and politics“.