Kamalturk Yalqun-Once a torchbearer now calls for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Edited By WION Video Desk
Published: Feb 04, 2022, 05:11 IST | Updated: Feb 04, 2022, 05:11 IST
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Kamalturk Yalqun was one of several students chosen to help carry the Olympic flame ahead of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. Today, he is an activist in the United States calling for a boycott of the Winter Games over China’s treatment of his Uyghur ethnic community.
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