Olympics: Protect Peng Shuai

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai during the second round of WTA Guangzhou Open 2019 in Guangzhou city, China, September 18, 2019. © 2019 Imaginechina via AP Images (Nyon, Switzerland) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should immediately stop supporting China’s strategy of suppression and start prioritizing protecting athletes and upholding its human rights obligations, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. The process of developing an IOC human rights strategic framework should include meaningful engagement with affected stakeholders’ representatives,…

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