Beijing 2022: 180 human rights groups call for Winter Olympics boycott

More than 180 organisations want countries to skip event as a way of demonstrating their opposition to China's rights record

More than 180 human rights organisations have called for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in protest against China's mass human rights abuses.

The coalition of groups - primarily regional associations in support of Tibet, Taiwan, the Uighur community and Hong Kong - said the hopes in 2015 that awarding Beijing the Games would be a catalyst for progress, had faded.