Why Does the World Uyghur Congress Oppose China’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics?
WUC, 29 July 2015
World Uyghur Congress – The Uyghur community strongly opposes the granting of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to Beijing along with a number of other groups in China, including Tibetans and Southern Mongolians. We have attached a document outlining our 8 major concerns with China being granted the games.
The World Uyghur Congress, Filming for Tibet, the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center and Initiatives for China also recently released a join open letter directed at the IOC and the international community with regards to this issue.
You can view a PDF version here.