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Diplomatic boycott of Olympics was the right call

By Trudy Rubin
December 13 2021 - 5:25am
Workers prepare laptops that will be used at venues during an organised media tour of the Beijing Winter Olympics on December 9. Picture: Getty Images
Workers prepare laptops that will be used at venues during an organised media tour of the Beijing Winter Olympics on December 9. Picture: Getty Images

In 1936, human rights advocates pushed for a boycott of the "Nazi Olympics", two years after Adolf Hitler seized power and began persecuting Jews.

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