Tennis Australia (TA) has again defended its decision to block fans from wearing t-shirts with slogans supporting Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai at Melbourne Park, saying the decision is to create a “safe and inclusive” environment. The organisation has been under scrutiny after the footage made its way to social media last Friday showing a TA’s security guard confiscated a pro-Peng Shuai banner from two spectators and asked them to remove their “Where is Peng Shuai?” t-shirts. Within three days following the incident, a Go Fund Me page has raised over A$15,500 for printing 1,000 shirts emblazoned with the message, which will be distributed on Saturday at the Australian Open’s (AO) women’s final. The organiser, human rights activist Drew Pavlou on Monday said his group “basically raised our voice for this innocent woman who’s being persecuted.” In a statement to The Epoch Times on Monday, TA said it would continue to …
Banning ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts Is ‘Safe and Inclusive’: Tennis Australia
January 24, 2022
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