Lindell Lucy brings to our attention the plight of NBA player Enes Kantor. Kantor has stood up to human rights violators in his home country of Turkey, and now is standing up to Communist China because of their numerous human rights abuses.
China’s authoritarian government should not be allowed to buy the NBA’s silence, and the NBA should not be complicit in a CCP-orchestrated attack on the career of one of its players — a naked attempt to undermine free speech and cover up its ongoing industrial-scale human rights abuses.
The NBA consequently faces a moral dilemma. It can quietly take China’s money and throw Kanter under the bus (along with Taiwanese, Tibetans, Hongkongers, and Uyghurs), or it can stand in solidarity with Kanter by expressing robust support for human rights, democracy, and freedom of speech — including for people who live under the shadow of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Read more here: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4345934
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