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by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – Staff work in the vicinity of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics emblem at Shanghai Sports Museum, Shanghai, China. December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Son/File Photograph

LAUSANNE, (Reuters) – Two Tibetan students tied themselves to the Olympic rings in front of the Swiss headquarters for the International Olympic Committee to demand an international boycott next year’s Winter Games.

They were protesting Beijing’s treatment of minorities and abuse of human rights.

It announced earlier in the month that it would not send any US government officials to 2022 Winter Olympics because of China’s “atrocities” regarding human rights.

As officials gathered in Lausanne, members of the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe and Students for a Free Tibet staged a sit-in in front the IOC Building.

The activists demanded the countries to withdraw from what they called “Genocide Games” which, they claim are used to burnish China’s image.

China claimed control over Tibet when its forces entered the area in 1950, in what it called a “peaceful Liberation”. Since then, Tibet is one of the most restricted parts of China. Critics, led by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, say Beijing’s rule amounts to “cultural genocide”.

The banner, which read “No Beijing 2022,” was displayed by two activists above the doorway of the building. Five students then entered the building to protest the display.

Tenzing Dhokhar Campaigns Director, TYAE was one of the protesters.

“By cooperating with China, IOC makes itself a accomplice to the Chinese Communist Party’s crimes. This will be sports-washed through the Beijing Olympics.”

A group of Tibetan activists protested against the IOC’s games by staging a mock funeral in October.

Human rights organizations have been critical of the IOC’s decision to award the Games in Beijing. The organization has said that they are a force of good and have no influence on sovereign states.

On Saturday, it did not reply to our request for comment.

Chinese officials have been accused by the Uyghurs, and other predominantly Muslim minorities of being detained in camps around one million Uyghurs since 2016 for facilitating forced labor.

China claims it is innocent of wrongdoing and has established vocational training centers to fight extremism.

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