Citing widespread dismay with Russia’s anti-gay laws, a coalition of more than 30 human rights and gay rights groups is calling on the International Olympic Committee to ensure that future Olympic host countries do not have discriminatory laws on their books.
The coalition - including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and
the Human Rights Campaign - made the demands in a joint letter to IOC
President Thomas Bach as the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, neared
their close.
"The contracts should include clear sanctions for failing to respect
these commitments, up to and including a relocation of the games," the
letter said.
The letter also urged the IOC to amend Principle 6 of the Olympic
Charter to specify that the Olympic movement’s condemnation of
discrimination extends to discrimination based on sexual orientation and
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