Canada said Wednesday it will join the United States and other countries in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics in February. “As many (of our) partners around the world, we are extremely concerned by the repeated human rights violations by the Chinese government,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference. Rights groups have called for a full-blown boycott of the Winter Games, citing Chinese human rights abuses and suppression of democratic protests.“That is why we are announcing today that we will not be sending any diplomatic representation to…
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