Tag: International Olympics Committee

Pelosi Slams IOC for Turning Blind Eye to Beijing’s Genocide

February 3, 2022
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned the Chinese regime for gross human rights violations on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. “If we do not speak out against human rights violations in China because of commercial interests, we lose all moral authority to speak out against human rights violations anywhere,” Pelosi said. The remarks came during…

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US Commission Asks IOC to Do More for Chinese Tennis Player and Press China on Human Rights Violations

November 25, 2021
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, has criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not doing enough for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair and co-chair of the CECC, voiced their criticism in two separate letters dated Nov. 24. One…

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US Commission Asks IOC to Do More for Chinese Tennis Player Peng Shuai

November 25, 2021
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The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, has criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not doing enough for Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair and co-chair of the CECC, voiced their criticism in two separate letters dated Nov. 24. One…

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US Lawmakers, Rights Group Criticize IOC Over Talks With Chinese Tennis Player

November 23, 2021
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U.S. lawmakers and a number of rights groups are criticizing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) after its President Thomas Bach took part in a phone call with missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. “It has been disturbing to see the IOC take statements from CCP [Chinese Communist Party] propagandists at face value since Peng Shuai’s…

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US Lawmakers, Rights Groups Criticize IOC Over Talks With Chinese Tennis Player

November 23, 2021
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U.S. lawmakers and a number of rights groups are criticizing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) after its President Thomas Bach took part in a phone call with missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. “It has been disturbing to see the IOC take statements from CCP [Chinese Communist Party] propagandists at face value since Peng Shuai’s…

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US Lawmakers, Rights Groups Criticize IOC Over Call With Chinese Tennis Player

November 23, 2021
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U.S. lawmakers and a number of rights groups are criticizing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) after its president, Thomas Bach, took part in a video phone call with missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. “It has been disturbing to see the IOC take statements from CCP [Chinese Communist Party] propagandists at face value since Peng…

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