Retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire is urging the Canadian government to act in response to the "genocide" being committed by the Chinese government against its Muslim minority Uighur population. "When there is massive abuses of human rights by a state ... we all have the responsibility to go in and protect them. China has detained an estimated 1 to 2 million Uighurs in China in what the government calls 're-education centres.' The Chinese government has denied accusations of genocide and human rights abuses. Given the ongoing human rights abuses against the Uighurs, Dallaire said Canada should not participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2021 00:45 UTC