Canada and the UK will join the US and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns.
that it was staging a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming games and Australia followed suit Wednesday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying it was"in Australia's national interest."
China, the U.S. and Canada essentially completed a high-stakes prisoner swap earlier this year but the reputation of the Chinese government has been severely tarnished in Canada. Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said more countries need to take similar action."It is important to send a strong signal to China," Joly said."Human rights violations are not acceptable."
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