An alliance of 243 human rights and non-governmental organizations have called for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics days before the Games are due to start. “The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will open amid atrocity crimes and other grave human rights violations by the Chinese government,” they said in a joint statement on Friday. The group called on governments to join a diplomatic boycott and for athletes and sponsors not to legitimize the Chinese government’s rights violations. “It’s not possible for the Olympic Games to be a ‘force for good,’ as the International Olympic C…