Prince 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. Giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Raab, a former human rights lawyer, said: “Generally speaking, my instinct
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