On the recordOctober 4, 2021
my preference would certainly have been for the Olympic Committee to say China had failed to follow its 2015 promises on human rights and that the Olympics were to be moved.
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Merkley criticizes the IOC for allowing the Olympics in China despite human rights violations.
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