No Medals for International Olympic Committee

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai serves during her first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 21, 2020. © AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File In November, Chinese tennis player and three-time Olympian Peng Shuai posted a sexual assault complaint on social media – then went silent. The hashtag #WhereIsPengShuai trended globally. Now, as the Winter Olympics begin this week in China, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced its president Thomas Bach will have “dinner and a meeting with Peng Shuai” in…

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