#Beijing’s Olympics are not business as usual. They take place against a backdrop of Chinese government crimes against humanity targeting ethnic Uyghurs, repression in Hong Kong and Tibet, and risks to athletes unprecedented in the modern Olympic era.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom, China remains the worst jailer of journalists in the world for the third straight year.
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Athletes participating in the #Beijing2022 games will be surveilled, and their rights to free speech and protest severely curtailed.
Yang Shu, deputy director general of the #Beijing2022 Organizing Committee, warned all athletes against speaking out: “Any behavior or speech that is against the Olympic spirit – especially against the Chinese laws and regulations – are also subject to certain punishment.”
It's the kind of threat against athletes that should send a chill down the spine of the International Olympic Committee (@IOCmedia)...
If only the IOC had a spine.
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The Chinese government’s threat is real, coming soon after one of China’s best-known athletes & Olympians, Peng Shuai, was silenced after making a sexual assault complaint against a former top Chinese government and Olympics official on social media.
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That the IOC has done nothing but help #China use the games to sportswash the country's appalling human rights record may not be very surprising, but the IOC's complete disregard for Olympic athletes' rights is still shocking.
The IOC says that the Olympics “celebrate humanity.” But even before the athletes arrive, it's clear #Beijing is intent on celebrating inhumanity by denying them their basic rights - and the IOC is going along with it.
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What's happening in #China is appalling, and no stadium, no #Olympics games and no PR support from the IOC changes that.
We must not let the world forget the brutality of this regime.
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The IOC (@iocmedia) says it’s committed to human rights. Yet it ignores serious violations by #China's authorities, including #CrimesAgainstHumanity...
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