U.K. Won’t Rule Out Beijing Olympics Boycott Over Uighur Abuse
- Raab: not always possible to separate sport and politics
- China denies allegations of mistreatment of Muslim minority
Dominic Raab
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab refused to rule out a U.K. boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 2022 over alleged abuses of China’s Uighur Muslim minority.
“My instinct is to separate sport from diplomacy and politics but there comes a point where that may not be possible,” Raab said when pressed by a panel of lawmakers in London on Tuesday. “Let’s consider in the round what further action we need to take.”