Newly-ousted NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is accusing the basketball league of being “hypocrites” for showing solidarity with Ukraine while remaining silent on the Chinese regime’s human rights atrocities. The former Boston Celtics center, who recently received a nomination for his Nobel Peace Prize for his rights advocacy, is currently without a job for the first time in his 10-year professional basketball career—a result, he said, of him speaking up against the Chinese Communist Party. But if his old team had been less eager to demonstrate its stance on China, the Celtics showed no reluctance in making clear its support for Ukraine. “Hypocrites!” wrote the 29-year-old player on Twitter on March 6, attaching a photo showing Celtics coaches wearing blue-and-yellow-striped pins, the color of the Ukrainian flag. “I see Celtics coaching staff wearing Ukrainian flag pins, which I support. What about Syria, Afghanistan, Uyghurs, Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan,” he asked. …
Kanter Freedom Calls NBA ‘Hypocrites’ for Supporting Ukraine While Staying Silent on China’s Abuses
March 10, 2022
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