8 Dec 2021

Australia joins US in boycotting China over Uighur abuses

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 8 December 2021

Australia is joining the US in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic games in February over human rights abuses against Uighur minorities in China.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says "it's in Australia's national interest and "it's the right thing to do."

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.