{"id":1052570,"date":"2021-11-24T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052570"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:45:13","slug":"human-rights-watch-accuses-ioc-of-collaboration-with-chinese-authorities-in-video-call-with-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-rights-watch-accuses-ioc-of-collaboration-with-chinese-authorities-in-video-call-with-tennis-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch Accuses IOC Of \u2018Collaboration With Chinese Authorities\u2019 In Video Call With Tennis Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhuman-rights-watch-accuses-ioc-of-collaboration-with-chinese-authorities-in-video-call-with-tennis-star%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After weeks of speculation on the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, Peng was finally seen in public last week and spoke with IOC president Thomas Bach via video call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Videos of Peng surfaced eating at a restaurant and attending a youth tennis tournament, but the videos were posted by the editor and chief of the Global Times \u2014 a Chinese state media outlet \u2014 raising concerns as to whether Peng was moving about on her own free will.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video call with Peng seemed to be enough for the IOC, because Peng \u201cappeared to be relaxed\u201d on the call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was relieved to see that Peng Shuai was doing fine, which was our main concern. She appeared to be relaxed. I offered her our support and to stay in touch at any time of her convenience, which she obviously appreciated,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/ioc-president-and-ioc-athletes-commission-chair-hold-video-call-with-peng-shuai\">said<\/a> Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes\u2019 Commission.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch accused the IOC of \u201ccollaboration with Chinese authorities on tennis star Peng Shuai\u2019s reappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IOC has vaulted itself from silence about Beijing\u2019s abysmal human rights record to active collaboration with Chinese authorities in undermining freedom of speech and disregarding alleged sexual assault,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/11\/22\/olympics-dont-promote-chinese-state-propaganda\">said<\/a> Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThe IOC appears to prize its relationship with a major human rights violator over the rights and safety of Olympic athletes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the IOC wants to credibly claim it\u2019s a \u2018force for good,\u2019 it needs to stop participating in the Chinese government\u2019s repressive practices,\u201d Wang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/11\/22\/olympics-dont-promote-chinese-state-propaganda\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe IOC should instead be standing up for human rights and the freedom and safety of athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the video call was a relief for the IOC, it was also apparently insufficient for the Women\u2019s Tennis Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis video does not change our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern,\u201d a WTA spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32688106\/wta-says-peng-shuai-call-olympic-officials-not-enough\">said<\/a> in an email to ESPN on November 21.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On November 2, Peng posted to Chinese social media that former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her three years ago following a round of tennis, while Zhang\u2019s wife guarded the door. Her post was deleted nearly 30 minutes after publication and Peng\u2019s Weibo account \u2014 a Chinese social media platform \u2014 was blocked from searchers on the platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was not heard from publicly until a November 17th statement attributed to Peng was shared on Twitter by CGTN \u2014 a Chinese state-affiliated media company \u2014 where Peng denied her claim that Zhang sexually assaulted her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concern over Peng\u2019s safety has reached far beyond the sports world, with the United Nations and the White House calling for \u201cproof\u201d of Peng\u2019s whereabouts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe join in the calls for PRC authorities to provide independent and verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1461807616288608260?s=20\">told<\/a> reporters on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the PRC has zero tolerance for criticism and a record of silencing those that speak out and we continue to condemn those practices,\u201d Psaki continued.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of speculation on the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, Peng was finally seen in public last week and spoke with IOC president Thomas Bach via video call.\u00a0Videos of Peng surfaced eating at a restaurant and attending a youth tennis tournament, but the videos were posted by the editor and chief of the Global Times \u2014 a Chinese state media outlet \u2014 raising concerns as to whether Peng was moving about on her own free will.\u00a0The video call with Peng seemed to be enough for the IOC, because Peng \u201cappeared to be relaxed\u201d on the call.\u00a0\u201cI was relieved to see that Peng Shuai was doing fine, which was our main concern. She appeared to be relaxed. I offered her our support and to stay in touch at any time of her convenience, which she obviously appreciated,\u201d said Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes\u2019 Commission.On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch accused the IOC of \u201ccollaboration with Chinese authorities on tennis star Peng Shuai\u2019s reappearance.\u201d\u201cThe IOC has vaulted itself from silence about Beijing\u2019s abysmal human rights record to active collaboration with Chinese authorities in undermining freedom of speech and disregarding alleged sexual assault,\u201d said Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThe IOC appears to prize its relationship with a major human rights violator over the rights and safety of Olympic athletes.\u201d\u00a0\u201cIf the IOC wants to credibly claim it\u2019s a \u2018force for good,\u2019 it needs to stop participating in the Chinese government\u2019s repressive practices,\u201d Wang said. \u201cThe IOC should instead be standing up for human rights and the freedom and safety of athletes.\u201dThough the video call was a relief for the IOC, it was also apparently insufficient for the Women\u2019s Tennis Association.\u00a0\u201cThis video does not change our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern,\u201d a WTA spokeswoman said in an email to ESPN on November 21.\u00a0On November 2, Peng posted to Chinese social media that former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her three years ago following a round of tennis, while Zhang\u2019s wife guarded the door. Her post was deleted nearly 30 minutes after publication and Peng\u2019s Weibo account \u2014 a Chinese social media platform \u2014 was blocked from searchers on the platform.\u00a0She was not heard from publicly until a November 17th statement attributed to Peng was shared on Twitter by CGTN \u2014 a Chinese state-affiliated media company \u2014 where Peng denied her claim that Zhang sexually assaulted her.\u00a0Concern over Peng\u2019s safety has reached far beyond the sports world, with the United Nations and the White House calling for \u201cproof\u201d of Peng\u2019s whereabouts.\u00a0\u201cWe join in the calls for PRC authorities to provide independent and verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.\u00a0\u201cWe know the PRC has zero tolerance for criticism and a record of silencing those that speak out and we continue to condemn those practices,\u201d Psaki continued.Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}