In a stunning development (only if you've hiding under your bed for the last few years) the IOC has awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing. Yes, Beijing which has no mountains or snow in the winter but hey! Why not. As usual the IOC will like FIFA when they awarded Qatar the World in that same year it will help open up China. Ha Ha Ha. Just the opposite happened with hundreds arrested, people forced to sell their property, while others simply had their homes confiscated. Since no other city besides Almaty Kazakhstan which is also an ongoing human and civil rights disaster were willing to go into massive debt for the privilege the IOC was left with little choice in their money grubbing minds but to award the games to Beijing rather than reassessing the bidding process.
In 2001, Beijing’s selection as the host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics sparked an international outcry amid criticism of China’s human rights record. In the runup to Friday’s vote activists had again called on the IOC to reject Beijing’s bid in response to a “human rights crisis” they believe is under way in China.
Amnesty International says at least 231 people have been detained or questioned in recent weeks as part of what campaigners, diplomats and observers describe as an unprecedented crackdown on human rights lawyers.
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