The International Olympic Committee has defended China and excused its genocide of the Uyghurs while claiming to be nonpolitical. Now, the IOC is planning to look the other way while Olympic merchandise is potentially being made with forced labor.

The Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region has been trying to organize a meeting with the IOC to determine what the organization is doing to ensure that Olympic merchandise isn’t being made with forced labor. After a lot of hemming and hawing, the IOC agreed to “an active listening exercise” that would have to remain completely private. Then the organization canceled it.