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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Daren Butler

Uyghurs in Turkey call for boycott as Beijing Games begin

People from China's Uyghur Muslim ethnic group shout slogans during a rally against the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games over China's treatment of the minority, near the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Hundreds of protesters from China's Muslim Uyghur community rallied in Istanbul on Friday to call for a boycott of the Winter Olympics opening in Beijing and to urge participants to speak out against China's treatment of the ethnic minority.

The Beijing Olympics opened on Friday in the shadow of a diplomatic boycott over China's human rights record and devoid of most spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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