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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
Austria to boycott Olympic opening ceremony
Reporters Without Borders, 18th of June 2008
The Austrian government has announced that it is going to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in protest against human violations in Tibet. The country’s sports minister said that, barring a significant improvement in the situation, he would not attend the inauguration although he would be in Beijing during the games.
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