A Gold Medal for Censorship in China

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © 2021 Badiucao In the video, a skier is preparing for her big race at the Winter Olympics in China. She puts on her boots, her gloves, her helmet, and her googles. Then she covers her mouth in tape. Human Rights Watch has launched a video series with Chinese-Australian artist Badiucao to put the Winter Olympics, which begin February 4, in context. One focuses on the Chinese government’s demand that global athletes shut up about human rights abuses in China and similar topics. Beijing’s Olympics are not business as usual. They take place against a backdrop of…

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