Submitted on Tuesday 6th October 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 13th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Boycott the winter Olympics in China over its treatment of the Uighurs
"Dominic Raab has not ruled out boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympic Games over the treatment of the Uighur Muslims by the Chinese government" BBC news 6/10/20
We want the Government to know that we fully support this Boycott and we ask it to facilitate and support this too.
Since 2017, there have been many reports of the “cultural genocide” of Uighur Muslims, a minority Turkic ethnic group native to Xinjiang, China. They are subject to mass detention, mass surveillance, restriction of religious and cultural identities, as well as other gross human rights abuses. Over a million Uighurs have been forced into "re-education" camps.
China must take responsibility for its actions. A Boycott will ensure it understands the seriousness with which we view this situation.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the UK Government to boycott the winter Olympics, but it is not clear in practice how you want the Government to do this.
Deciding whether to participate in the winter Olympics is a matter for the British Olympic Association, not the Government or House of Commons.
The Government could agree not to send any official representatives to the witner Olympics, so we could accept a petition requesting this, if that is what you want to happen.
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