US Olympic Committee: Take a Stand For Human Rights

The Beijing Olympics is just weeks away. And we have a chance to turn the spotlight on China’s human rights abuses.

We know China’s government is oppressing the people of Tibet, restricting their movement and speech and erasing their religion and culture. And it’s not only Tibetans who are suffering: Uyghurs, ethnic and religious minorities, and others who dare to speak out against the CCP face dire consequences.

You can help: send a message calling on the US Olympic Committee to take a stand for human rights. Our own Olympic Committee must provide full support to American athletes who call out China’s crimes in Tibet or elsewhere—and stand up for what’s right.

Message to the USOC

To The United States Olympic Committee:

After the 2008 Olympics in China, a wave of oppression washed over Tibet, exposing the falsity of China’s promises of reform. Hosting the Olympics is an international privilege. The IOC’s decision to award the 2022 Winter Olympics to China is a grave mistake that turns a blind eye to the downward spiral of human rights violations inflicted on the Tibetan people.

Unless the USOC takes meaningful, concrete steps to hold China accountable, it is making itself complicit in those crimes.

I call on the United States Olympic Committee to fully support the Biden Administration’s diplomatic boycott, secure concrete, verifiable evidence that the Chinese government has and will cease its atrocities, and to provide full support to American athletes who call out China’s crimes in Tibet and elsewhere. The USOC should also use its voice to publicly speak out against Tibetan human rights abuses and declare that the CCP must be held accountable.

Mass atrocities deserve a more profound reaction. You have an obligation and a tremendous opportunity to send a message to the world that the Olympics are about global engagement and celebration, not condoning violence and oppression.

In the face of crimes against humanity, everyone has an ethical responsibility to confront the atrocities or become culpable. Standing up for Tibetans has nothing to do with politics or sports. It has to do with basic human rights.

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