Human Rights Watch condemn IOC for failure to counter Beijing 2022 claim that crimes against Uyghur are "lies"

Human Rights Watch condemn IOC for failure to counter Beijing 2022 claim that crimes against Uyghur are "lies"

A leading Human Rights Watch (HRW) officer for China has today branded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "absurd" after the organisation's spokesman Mark Adams failed to challenge Beijing 2022 official Yan Jiarong when she spoke out about the "One China Policy" and insisted that reports of crimes against the Uyghur and other Turkic communities were "lies".







The vital role played by Frank Spencer in Torvill and Dean gold medal

When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.