A rally at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles reiterates calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics over the “Communist Party’s severe and worsening human rights abuses”. Photo: AFP
A rally at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles reiterates calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics over the “Communist Party’s severe and worsening human rights abuses”. Photo: AFP

Beijing Olympic sponsors urged to speak up on human rights abuses in China

  • Human Rights Watch says sponsors risk ‘being associated with an Olympics tainted by censorship and repression’
  • It calls for an end to the silence from sponsors, which include Intel, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota, Visa, Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Allianz and Alibaba

A rally at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles reiterates calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics over the “Communist Party’s severe and worsening human rights abuses”. Photo: AFP
A rally at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles reiterates calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics over the “Communist Party’s severe and worsening human rights abuses”. Photo: AFP
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