[Epoch Times October 23, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Xia Yu comprehensive report) NBA star and Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter made remarks on Wednesday, condemning the Chinese government’s actions against Tibet. The cruel rule has caused controversy and censorship in China. On Friday (October 22), Kanter continued to criticize the CCP’s persecution of human rights and called on Muslim leaders and athletes to expose the CCP’s persecution of the human rights of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
On Friday, Kanter posted another video on Twitter and wrote, “The ruthless Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and the Communist Party of China. I condemn you in front of the world. Shut down slave labor camps and release Uyghurs!”
“Stop the genocide, now!” he wrote.
Kanter wore a T-shirt “Returning Uighurs Freedom” when speaking to the camera.
“Just when I said this, torture, rape, forced abortion, sterilization, family separation, arbitrary detention, concentration camps, political re-education, forced labor… all this happened to more than 1.8 million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, northwestern China. Body,” he said.
“The Chinese (CCP) government has been taking comprehensive measures to crack down on Uyghurs, just because they believe in their own religion, their own culture, language, history and identity. The Uyghur area has become an open-air prison and surveillance area without freedom.” Kanter Said in the video.
He stated that the Chinese government sent Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Tajiks and other Muslim groups to concentration camps simply because they applied for passports, sent text messages to someone overseas, or believed in anything that was not in line with the Chinese Communist Party’s claims and agenda.
Kanter also mentioned several Middle Eastern leaders who remained silent about the treatment of Uyghurs, as well as current and former Muslim athletes. (Watch the video pointhere。）
On Thursday (October 21), the French representative to the United Nations read out a 43-nation joint statement requesting Beijing to allow UN experts to visit Xinjiang without restrictions to investigate allegations that the CCP collectively suppressed religious beliefs and ethnic minorities. The statement called on the CCP to respect the rule of law and observe its obligations to protect human rights.
The statement signed by the United States and many countries in Europe and Asia stated that there are more and more reports that the CCP has “widespread and systematic violations of human rights”, including torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. , Forced sterilization, sexual violence, and forced separation of children. Severe restrictions on local religious beliefs, freedom of movement, association and speech.
In a video released on Wednesday (20th), Kanter said, “I’m here to speak my voice and tell what is happening in Tibet. Under the brutal rule of the Chinese (CCP) government, the basic rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people does not exist.”
Kanter’s video triggered a strong reaction from Chinese fans on social media, with some vowing to stop watching the NBA. A Celtic fan account with more than 600,000 fans claimed that no more information about the team would be released after Kanter made a statement. By Thursday afternoon, the search results for Kanter on Weibo had been filtered.
On the day Kanter released the video, during the Celtics’ opening game against the New York Knicks that night, Tencent suddenly cut off the live broadcast.
On Tencent’s sports application software, the next NBA games are marked to have live broadcasts, but excluding the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers (Philadelphia 76ers) games, their games will be reported through text and photos .
On Thursday (21st), the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China said at a press conference that Kanter’s “fallacy is not worth refuting” and will never accept attacks and smears on Tibet’s development and progress.
The US State Department expressed deep concern on Friday about the Celtics’ boycott in China. Reuters reported that the US State Department spokesperson said in an e-mail that: “The United States is deeply concerned about the actions taken by the NBA in response to a player’s remarks about Tibet.”
The spokesperson said: “We value freedom of speech and support anyone who exercises that right.”
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