Urging the International Olympic Committee to take into consideration the mass detention of Uyghurs and consider all options to uphold the fundamental rights of persecuted minorities in China ahead of the 2022 Olympic Games.
USA117th CongressHRES-466| House
| Updated: 8/4/2021
Tom Malinowski
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (8)
Foreign Affairs Committee, East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This resolution urges the International Olympic Committee to consider that the Olympic Charter's principles of solidarity and nondiscrimination are hard to reconcile with holding the 2022 Winter Games in China, a country that the resolution states stands credibly accused of perpetuating crimes against humanity and genocide against ethnic and religious minorities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
International Affairs
AsiaAthletesChinaDetention of personsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationNews media and reportingOlympic gamesRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSports and recreation facilitiesWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Urging the International Olympic Committee to take into consideration the mass detention of Uyghurs and consider all options to uphold the fundamental rights of persecuted minorities in China ahead of the 2022 Olympic Games.
USA117th CongressHRES-466| House
| Updated: 8/4/2021
This resolution urges the International Olympic Committee to consider that the Olympic Charter's principles of solidarity and nondiscrimination are hard to reconcile with holding the 2022 Winter Games in China, a country that the resolution states stands credibly accused of perpetuating crimes against humanity and genocide against ethnic and religious minorities.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
Tom Malinowski
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (8)
Foreign Affairs Committee, East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AsiaAthletesChinaDetention of personsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationNews media and reportingOlympic gamesRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSports and recreation facilitiesWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity