The alliance of activist unions at Tuesday's rally in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., countered what they called the "Genocide Games." Groups such as Women's Rights Without Frontiers, the Committee on the Present Danger: China, and Save the Persecuted Christians protested the planned location for the 2022 Olympic Games.
Demonstrators spoke at a podium in front of the crowd in Tuesday's 94-degree heat, handing out "No CCP Genocide Games!" umbrellas so people could have some shade.
FROM CONTROVERSY TO COMPASSION: DANIEL SNYDER'S JAW-DROPPING GIFT LEAVES NATION IN AWE
Nothing short of a full-location change will satisfy given the "forced abortion, forced sterilization, infanticide, the breaking apart of families" the CCP forces upon minorities, Reggie Littlejohn, president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, who spoke at the event, told the Washington Examiner.
WATCH: RFK JR. WILL REVERSE 80 YEARS OF FARM POLICY
Anything less than making such a request is the match of a "free pass," she said, though the European Parliament passed a decision calling for a diplomatic boycott of the games earlier in July. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin denounced the move, calling it "politicization of sports."
"They still have the opportunity for this glorious opening ceremony, and they're still going to use it to promote their propaganda about themselves all over the world. The only thing that's going to stop that is a complete boycott of the games," Littlejohn said, revealing why a diplomatic boycott wouldn't be sufficient.
JAMES CARVILLE'S CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE: IS WOKE CULTURE KILLING DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT?
Keith Ware, one of the fans at the demonstration, distinguished himself as a Falun Gong practitioner and told the Washington Examiner he had personally been "arrested, detained, and tortured by the CCP in China" for some time around 2003.
He desires to help any institution taking on the CCP, though he does not feel a great connection to the Olympic boycott in particular.
INTRUDER SLIPS PAST TSA, BOARDS DELTA PLANE, IN EPIC SECURITY FAILURE
To achieve the activists' end, they will have to persuade legislators and the executive branch to move, though the Biden administration said in April it was "not discussing any joint boycotts with allies and partners."
Several practitioners had their organs harvested in China against their will, Ware said.
FROM CONTROVERSY TO COMPASSION: DANIEL SNYDER'S JAW-DROPPING GIFT LEAVES NATION IN AWE
Enghebatu Togochog, the director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, told the Washington Examiner U.S. politicians need to "wake up" when it comes to human rights abuses, as what they're doing is "far from enough."
Executives in the Tokyo Olympics prohibited spectators from attending the event after Japan declared a state of emergency due to coronavirus concerns.
WATCH: ATF IS SET TO CRIMINALIZE 10 MILLION AMERICANS
Tokyo President Seiko Hashimoto announced the development Thursday after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga put the country on alert over the delta COVID-19 strain. The games are set to begin July 23.
"It is regrettable that we are delivering the Games in a very limited format, facing the spread of coronavirus infections," Hashimoto said. "I am sorry to those who purchased tickets and everyone in local areas."