The first "No Beijing 2022 Global Day of Action" is scheduled to take place on Olympic Day on June 23 by more than 150 rights groups.

Demonstrations are being planned by Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger, Chinese, Taiwanese and Southern Mongolian representatives and allies.

Canberra in Australia is set to stage the first protest before further demonstrations are due to be held in at least 50 cities from around 25 countries.

According to campaigners, there are protests planned for Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, India, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, England, Scotland, United States, Canada, Mexico and Argentina.

"Thousands of frontline community representatives and allies will stand together around the world to deliver the joint message that China must not be allowed to use Beijing 2022 to sport-wash the genocide against the Uyghur people, the severe and escalating repression," a statement from the International Tibet Network read.

"Protests will target Governments, National Olympic Committees and Associations and Olympic sponsors urging them to take a stand against one of the worst human rights crises of our time by boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Games."

China has been accused of crimes including using forced Uyghur labour, operating a mass surveillance programme, detaining thousands in internment camps, carrying out forced sterilisations and intentionally destroying Uyghur heritage.

Beijing claims the camps are training centres designed to stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism, and denies the charges laid against it.

Tensions between the US and China are strained, with American authorities joining the European Union, Canada and the United Kingdom in imposing sanctions on China earlier this year in response to alleged abuses of human rights in Xinjiang.

China issued a series of sanctions in response.

Earlier this week, the US Senate passed a bill confirming a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

The bipartisan bill introduces a series of measures aimed at tackling Chinese foreign policy and economic influence.

The legislation would prevent the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken from providing any Federal funds to support or facilitate the attendance of any US Government employee at the Games.

In April, more than 200 global campaign groups signed an open letter urging chocolate bar brand Snickers to "immediately cancel" its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights situation.

Mandie McKeown, executive director of the International Tibet Network, signed the letter on behalf of the coalition of campaign groups and requested a meeting with Mars Wrigley representatives.

A similar campaign was launched against fellow sponsor Airbnb in January.