For Immediate Release
28 October 2021
ACTIVISTS TURN UP THE HEAT ON OLYMPIC BROADCASTERS URGING THEY DROP DEALS TO AIR BEIJING 2022 OLYMPICS –
CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP’S) ‘GENOCIDE GAMES’
STOP – NBC, BBC, CBC, Sky, Discovery, and Eurosport among top Broadcasters targeted by more than 200 Campaign Groups
Los Angeles, October 28, 2021 — With three months until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, activists across the globe are lobbying Olympic broadcasters – including NBC, BBC, CBC and Sky – to “immediately cancel broadcasting deals” to screen the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics or face a serious risk of being complicit in CCP’s plan to ‘sport wash’ [1] their severe and worsening human rights abuses.
The public letter [2], signed by a coalition of over 200 Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Chinese Democracy, and human rights campaign groups, outlines the stark hypocrisy of the media companies’ human rights policies that claim to promote and protect individuals. [3] The reality is that Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, and Chinese people live under some of the worst oppression the world has ever seen.
Calling Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics “CCP’s Genocide Games, Tao Tenzing Dhamcho with International Tibet Network further states – this broadcast will legitimize the Chinese government’s exceptionally repressive policies targeting Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers, as well as Chinese dissidents and faith communities. It will further embolden the Chinese authorities to continue carrying out gross human rights atrocities against the Tibetan people and genocide against the Uyghur people.
On Nov 3rd at 11AM a coalition group of California human rights organizations representing the above communities will deliver this joint letter to NBCUniversal in Universal City, Los Angeles, the company broadcasting the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the United States of America.
The above event will follow with a peaceful protest rally in front of the Chinese Consulate.
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CONTACTS:
Tao Tenzing Dhamcho, International Tibet Network | 310.658.676 | TaoDhamcho@gmail.com
Kevin Young, Santa Barbara Friends of Tibet | 805.637.2048 | Keviny42@hotmail.com
Tawu Karma Gelek, Tibetan Association of So. Cal. | 215.407.8177 | Kgelek1616@gmail.com
Giovanni Vassallo, Bay Area Friends of Tibet | 415.264.3264 | Giovanni@friends-of-tibet.org
Tseten Phanucharas, Tibetan Association of So. California | 310.968.8831| TsetenP@gmail.com
