Here’s what organizers and human rights campaigners have said about freedom of speech at the Winter Games:
in an IOC survey it was “important” to have a moment to express their thoughts. Nearly 70% polled supported forbidding athletes from taking a knee or staging political protests on the podium. Some activists have called for Olympians to use their influence to speak out about China’s alleged mistreatment of ethnic minorities. Last week, Lhadon Tethong, the Tibet Action Institute director,athletes to speak up: “Your silence is their strength.
That is what they want more than anything: that the world will play by China’s rules, that we will follow China’s lead, that we will look away from these atrocities and crimes for the sake of business as usual.” Beijing will punish Olympians for their speech, it is no secret that those critical of the Chinese government have been put behind bars or disappeared after angering authorities.
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