Daughter of imprisoned Uyghur scholar concerned China using Olympics as a propaganda tool

A Uyghur refugee and human rights advocate said she's worried the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will benefit the communist regime's credibility.

"I know that the Chinese government wants zero discussion on human rights during this Olympics," Jewher Ilham told Fox News.

The Games kicked off in Beijing on Friday morning, marking the first time China has hosted the Winter Olympics. The Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott against the Games in December over human rights abuses against the Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region.

"I'm afraid China's government will use the Olympics as a propaganda tool," Ilham said. "It's very concerning."

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"I'm afraid this Olympics, it will be another tool for the Chinese government to use to justify their actions and … to claim that people are indeed living in a happy place and they're financially stable and there are no human rights abuses happening," she continued.

TOPSHOT - European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli (R) stands next to Jewher Ilham, daughter of Ilham Tohti, Uyghur economist and human rights activist, holding a portrait of her father during the award ceremony for his 2019 European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 18, 2019. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)

While discussing the boycott, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called the Chinese government’s "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses."

"U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these Games as business as usual in the face of