The NoBeijing2022 campaign is calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
On October 18, Lhamo, with activists Jason Leith and Fern MacDougal, unfurled a Tibetan flag and a flag that read “No Genocide Games!” But when Lhamo interrupted the ceremony to speak, it was not about her native Tibet; it was about the genocide of the Uyghur people.
The young women calling for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics have often spoken of the importance of working in solidarity. As an Uyghur woman, Arkin says working beside Tibetan activists and Hong Kongers is “really inspiring.” She explains, “All of us coming together under this movement is a sign of our strong alliances, and a message to the [International Olympic Committee] and to China that we are all united and we will not be silenced.
The idea that the Olympics are “apolitical” is one activists, athletes, and scholars have long taken issue with. Indeed, the IOC has a history ofremaining neutral on political issues, such as its decision, under pressure from China, to allow Taiwan to
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