Get our daily royal round-up direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailPrince William could be asked to boycott Beijing's Winter Olympics in a British protest about “egregious” Chinese human rights abuses, MPs heard tonight. China faces mounting condemnation over its treatment over Uighur Muslims in its north-western Xinjiang region. Conservative MP Alicia Kearns said skipping the Olympics would “send a strong signal that we will not take part in activities which essentially are a platform for a country that is committing appalling human rights atrocities”. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab refused to rule out snubbing the event as the clock counts down to the 2022 showpiece. “There are egregious human rights abuses,” Mr Raab said tonight.

Source: Daily Mirror October 06, 2020 16:09 UTC