House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Tuesday for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses by China's government. 'We cannot proceed as if nothing is wrong about the Olympics going to China,' the California Democrat said during a joint video hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Let's have a diplomatic boycott if, in fact, this Olympics takes place,' Pelosi said. Last week, human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany accused China of massive crimes against the Uyghur minority in the western region of Xinjiang and demanded unimpeded access for U.N. experts. Human rights groups have slammed China over the treatment of the Uyghur minority in the western region of Xinjiang.

Source: Daily Mail May 18, 2021 21:09 UTC