{"id":12700,"date":"2021-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/olympics-briefing-paper-tibet-repression-worse-since-beijing-2008\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:00:00","slug":"olympics-briefing-paper-tibet-repression-worse-since-beijing-2008","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/olympics-briefing-paper-tibet-repression-worse-since-beijing-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics briefing paper: Tibet repression worse since Beijing 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Chinese forces have dramatically escalated their repression in Tibet, despite promises that hosting the Olympics would help China liberalize. China will once again host the Olympics for the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A new briefing paper from the International Campaign for Tibet documents how the Chinese government has escalated its repression in Tibet since hosting the 2008 Olympics. China will host the Olympics again early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOlympic Descent: Repression in Tibet since Beijing 2008\u201d notes that Chinese officials promised that the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing would improve human rights and social conditions in the country. However, even before the Games began, Chinese authorities launched a brutal crackdown on Tibetans, and China\u2019s abuses in Tibet have continued to rise to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The abuses include a system of mass surveillance and militarization developed by the architect of China\u2019s Uyghur genocide; the arrest and torture of hundreds of Tibetan political prisoners; and an absurd plan by the Chinese government to appoint the next Dalai Lama as part of China\u2019s assault on religious freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The briefing paper comes with less than three months to go before Beijing once again hosts the Olympics for the 2022 Winter Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper also arrives amid reports that the Biden administration will soon announce a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur briefing paper provides a valuable tool for anyone researching, reporting on or responding to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,\u201d<\/em> ICT Interim President Bhuchung K. Tsering said. \u201cAlthough 2008 was fairly recent, China\u2019s repression of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hong Kongers and others has increased dramatically since then.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore the Chinese government once again gets the propaganda victory of hosting the world\u2019s greatest athletes, it\u2019s important to look back on how the last Olympics in Beijing fueled increasing human rights violations that have continued to this day, and it\u2019s vital to take action now\u2014including by instituting a diplomatic boycott of the Games\u2014before the next Olympics becomes a greater debacle for the international community and travesty for the victims of China\u2019s oppression.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Briefing paper<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The paper touches on several aspects of China\u2019s repression in Tibet since it was awarded the 2008 Summer Games, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n