Tag: human rights

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…


Activists Urge Athletes to Speak Out at Beijing Olympics

BEIJING—Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group Human Rights Watch, activists representing Chinese dissidents and the minority Uyghur and Tibetan populations urged international…


Woodside Withdraws from Myanmar on Human Rights Grounds

Woodside, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, is ceasing its operations in Myanmar, reasoning that development is out of the question due to human rights abuses committed by the junta. Almost a year into the military coup that has resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,500 civilians, global oil companies Total and Chevron announced…


Teacher Who Questioned Age-Appropriateness of Some Gender-Transition Books in Schools Has Legitimate Concerns: Trustee

An Ontario school board member is calling out the board’s chair for engaging in “moral panic” by shutting down debate about the content in some children’s books on gender transition that deals with sexuality. The issue arose after a teacher’s presentation at a Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) meeting was cut off because she…


Lawmakers Ask NBC About CCP Influence on Winter Olympics Coverage

Two GOP lawmakers want to know whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has influenced NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics. “Given China’s history of censorship and government control, and the fact that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stands to benefit financially from NBCUniversal’s coverage of the games, we are concerned about the extent of…


US Lawmakers Ask NBC About CCP Influence on Winter Olympics Coverage

Two Republican U.S. lawmakers want to know if the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will have influence over NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “Given China’s history of censorship and government control, and the fact that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stands to benefit financially from NBCUniversal’s coverage of the games, we are concerned…


Uphold Morality and Boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics

Commentary Politicians and diplomats planning to attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics should think twice about the moral implications of gracing a criminal syndicate that is notorious for its record of causing mass unnatural deaths and of plundering the Chinese people. By any standard, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a bona fide criminal syndicate….


Hell, No, We Shouldn’t Go—to the Olympics

Commentary Evidently, Team USA has been advised to leave their cellphones at home when they travel to China for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing next month. In an email from his CAVPAC political action committee, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo writes: “That Team USA is telling our athletes to use burner phones and…


‘Chinese Communist Party Is Not Our Friend’: Kanter Freedom Spotlights Human Rights Ahead of Beijing Olympics

The world cannot sit by and watch China’s ruling communist party whitewash its decades-long human rights atrocities with the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, human rights activists have said with the Games slated to begin next week. “The world needs to wake up and realize that the Chinese Communist Party is not our friend,” said NBA…


Communist China ‘Is Not Our Friend’: NBA Player Urges World to Stand up to Beijing’s Olympic Whitewashing

The world cannot sit by and watch China’s ruling communist party whitewash its decades-long human rights atrocities with the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, human rights activists have said with the Games slated to begin next week. “The world needs to wake up and realize that the Chinese Communist Party is not our friend,” said NBA…