FRANCE 24: Beijing games sponsors must talk about human rights (HRW)

Empty: https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20211112-los-patrocinadores-de-los-juegos-de-pekín-deben-hablar-sobre-derechos-humanos-hrw

12/11/2021

Beijing (AFP) – Sponsors of Beijing Winter Olympic Games 2022 They must use their position to raise their voice against human rights abuses in China, This Friday indicated the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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Preparations for these games that will begin in February were stained by small outbreaks of the Covid-19 Pandemia in China and by boycott calls by human rights defense groups.

La Oenegé hrw, based in New York, Ask for more commitment from sponsors, They include signatures like Coca-Cola, Intel, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota, Visa, Airbnb or Alibaba.

The organization assures that it wrote to these companies a year ago, but only one responded.

"Faltan solo tres meses hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Pekín 2022, pero los patrocinadores corporativos guardan silencio sobre cómo están usando su influencia para solucionar el terrible historial de China con los derechos humanos", said HRW China director, Sophie Richardson.

La activista acusó a estas compañías de "malgastar la oportunidad de mostrar su compromiso con los estándares de los derechos humanos" y de "arriesgarse a quedar asociadas a unos Olímpicos manchados por la censura y la represión".

La llama olímpica llegó a China el mes pasado tras una ceremonia de encendido perturbada por un pequeño número de activistas que ondearon la bandera del Tíbet y una pancarta con el lema "No al genocidio".

Exiles and human rights activists accuse Chinese authorities of repression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region, as well as violation of rights in Hong Kong and Tibet.

Pekín ha criticado repetidamente lo que llama la "politización" of sport, mientras que el Comité Olímpico Internacional ha juzgado que no es su misión "ir a un país y decirle qué debe hacer".

© 2021 AFP

 

 

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