Tag: Enes Kanter Freedom

Japan: Not Ruling out Air Strikes on Enemy Bases

Politics enter Beijing’s Winter Games. Despite the rule keeping politics out of sports, host city Beijing opts to repeat its “One China” policy during an Olympic panel. Summer 2008 vs. Winter 2022—Tibet takes a radically different response to Beijing hosting the Olympics. Some blame it on generational change under the Communist Party. A turning point…


US Athletes ‘Scared’ to Speak Up on Beijing’s Abuses Over Money: NBA Player

American athletes and the sports community at large have shied away from taking a public stance on communist China’s human rights atrocities because of the dollars at stake, according to Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom. “Whenever we sit down to have a conversation, they always … acknowledge obviously the genocide and they know whats…


Journalist Exposes One Source of Fentanyl Crisis

There are just two weeks until the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. More star athletes are giving a voice to ongoing concerns about China’s human rights. Some defend the nation while others accuse it. The International Olympic Committee is under fire. A U.S. politician wants to introduce legislation to sanction the head of the organization. A…


Celtics’ Freedom Calls Becoming US Citizen ‘Unforgettable’

BOSTON—Enes Freedom will now be linked forever to a word he says he fought for his entire life. The Boston Celtics center changed his name from Enes Kanter to Enes Kanter Freedom in celebration of him officially becoming a United States citizen on Monday. He said Tuesday that taking the citizenship oath was “maybe the most…


NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom Wants to ‘Educate’ LeBron James on Human Rights Abuses in China

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom said he would “love to sit down and talk” to Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and “educate” him on human rights abuses in China, something he has previously criticized James for not speaking out for. “I’m sure it’s going to be a very uncomfortable conversation for him. I…