ALERT:
Hearing on the Hill
“CHINA, GENOCIDE AND THE OLYMPICS”

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WATCH THE HEARING:
On Tuesday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China will hold a joint virtual hearing to examine the implications of holding the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in the People’s Republic of China, regardless of their serious violations of human rights. Details of the hearing can be viewed HERE.  The hearing itself will be streamed live HERE.    

Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and chair of the Olympics Task force of the Committee on the Present Danger:  China, will testify about China’s many egregious human rights violations and crimes against humanity.  She will discuss the reasons that the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang/East Turkistan constitutes genocide.  She will explore the implications of this determination under the Genocide Convention of 1948, especially concerning a possible relocation or boycott of the Games.

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers and the Committee on the Present Danger:  China are spearheading an initiative to stop the “Genocide Games.”  The advocacy campaign website and Open Letter to the U.S. Olympic Committee can be viewed HERE.  This letter was signed by more than one hundred leaders associated with national security, human rights and faith organizations.  As co-author and a primary signatory of this Letter, Littlejohn will ask that the Letter be entered into the Congressional Record.

As a Member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, Reggie Littlejohn’s testimony will make clear the need for the United States and international bodies to designate the Communist Party of China a transnational criminal organization (TCO).

Hosted by:

• Rep. Christopher Smith, Co-Chair, TLHRC
• Rep. James McGovern, Co-Chair, TLHRC
• Sen. Jeffrey Merkley, Chair, CECC

Witnesses:

• Dr. Yang Jianli, Founder and President, Citizen Power Initiatives for China
• Susan V. Lawrence, Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service
• Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch
• Rayhan Asat, Human Rights Lawyer and Advocate
• Samuel Chu, Managing Director, Hon Kong Democracy Council
• Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and President, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers