H.Res. 466 · 117th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Malinowski
- Introduced
- 2021-06-08
- Latest action
- 2021-08-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
Summary
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.