Olympics-Rights group urges Beijing Games sponsors to press China on Xinjiang

BEIJING - New York-based Human Rights Watch on Friday criticised corporations sponsoring the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for ignoring what it says are China's crimes against humanity in its far western region of Xinjiang.

Multinationals including U.S.-based Coca-Cola, Intel, and AirBnB are among 13 "Olympic Partners", the highest level of sponsorship, collectively paying hundreds of millions of dollars. The three firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside U.S. business hours. China denies all accusations of abuse of Uyghurs and describes the camps as vocational training facilities to combat religious extremism. China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Human Rights Watch statements.

In March, retailer H&M faced a consumer boycott after it decided to divest its supply chains from Xinjiang, where researchers say forced labour practices are imposed upon Uyghurs, mostly Muslim people who speak a Turkic language.

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