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Rhodesia was also prevented from entering the 1972 Summer Olympics when its invitation was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee following protests by other African countries. Possibly the most famous Olympic boycotts occurred in 1980 and 1984 , due to the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan .
Pages in category "Boycotts of countries" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Great American Boycott; J. Jyllands-Posten Muhammad ...
Arab League boycott of Israel: 1977: Various: Nestlé: Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries: Nestlé boycott [20] 1989: Liverpudlians: The Sun: The Sun ' s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster: Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun § Merseyside boycott [21] [22] [failed verification] [23 ...
The 2022 Winter Olympics took place between the 4 and 20 February 2022 and were hosted by in China in the capital city of Beijing. The country selected was the subject of various concerns and controversies about their cost, environmental impact, censorship, espionage, COVID-19, sportswashing, and human rights issues.
GENEVA (Reuters) -China is pressing countries to boycott a British-organised event at the United Nations in Geneva on media freedom in Hong Kong with the son of a jailed media tycoon, a letter ...
Consumers and even entire countries have voted with their purses by boycotting for change.
1980 Summer Olympics boycott; 1984 Summer Olympics boycott; 1986 Asian Games; 1986 Commonwealth Games; 1988 Summer Olympics; 1995 South Pacific Games; 2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships; 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9; 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships; 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships
[4] [5] Ukrainian institutions have stated that the need for these measures is urgent. [6] The response can be broadly divided into a "cultural boycott", aimed at amplifying the international condemnation of the invasion, and an "economic boycott", which is designed to make the war effort less sustainable.