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Waltz Co-Hosts Bipartisan Roundtable on the Chinese Communist Party’s Human Rights Abuses and Movement to Boycott the Beijing Olympics
Washington,
April 15, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Michael Waltz (R-FL-6) co-hosted a bipartisan roundtable with Congressmen Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) and Tom Malinowski (D- NJ-7), and were joined by former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, and various human rights organizations. During the roundtable they discussed the ongoing movement to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and human rights abuses being carried out by the Chinese Communist Party against the Uighurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong, and other groups. You can watch the full roundtable here. WHO: U.S. Congressman Michael Waltz (R-FL-06) U.S. Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) U.S. Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07) Former U.S. Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley Former political prisoner and Founder of Uyghur Times Agency, Tahir Imin We The Hongkongers U.S. Humanitarian China World Without Genocide at Mitchell Hamline School of Law Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Campaign for Uyghurs International Tibet Network Uyghur Human Rights Project |