{"id":1112785,"date":"2021-12-12T21:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112785"},"modified":"2021-12-12T21:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:43:34","slug":"stop-the-genocide-nba-hall-of-famer-joins-enes-kanter-freedom-in-stand-against-oppressive-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-the-genocide-nba-hall-of-famer-joins-enes-kanter-freedom-in-stand-against-oppressive-china\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Stop the Genocide&#039;: NBA Hall of Famer Joins Enes Kanter Freedom in Stand Against Oppressive China"},"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%2Fstop-the-genocide-nba-hall-of-famer-joins-enes-kanter-freedom-in-stand-against-oppressive-china%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=1112785&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 class=\"subheading\">Enes Kanter Freedom has been joined in his condemnation of the genocidal Chinese regime by NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p>Nine-time NBA All-Star Wilkins supplied Celtics player Enes Kanter Freedom \u2014 who legally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/28\/report-enes-kanter-legally-changes-last-name-to-freedom-ahead-of-us-citizenship\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed<\/a> his last name after becoming a U.S. citizen last month \u2014 with a video voicing his support of Freedom\u2019s drive to bring attention to the genocidal campaign the Chinese are waging on its Uyghur population.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHistory is written in two ways: One, you can sit on the couch and watch how it\u2019s written. Or two, you can do something about it and write history,\u201d Wilkins said in the video Freedom posted on Saturday. \u201cWhich side are we taking?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a genocide happening right now. The Chinese government is sending millions of Uyghurs to concentration camps where they are subject to torture, forced labor, rape, and sterilization,\u201d Freedom continued in the video. \u201cAll simply because they embrace their own religion, their own culture, language, history, and identity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tibetan-and-uyghur-activists-wear-masks-during-a-protest-against-picture-id1233609237\" alt=\"Tibetan and Uyghur activists wear masks during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in front of the Olympics Museum in Lausanne on June 23,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Tibetan and Uyghur activists wear masks during a protest against Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in front of the Olympics Museum in Lausanne on June 23, 2021 as some 200 participants took part to the protest. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI \/ AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening to the Uyghur people is one of the worst human rights tragedies in the world today,\u201d Wilkins added. \u201cWe cannot stay silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us must spread the word and call on the Chinese government to free the Uyghur people,\u201d Freedom concluded. \u201cWe need to wake up, we need to speak up. Close the camps. Stop the genocide. Freedom for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.775342465753\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat is happening to the Uyghurs is one of the worst human rights abuses in the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can NOT stay silent<\/p>\n<p>Huge thanks to my brother <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> legend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWilkins21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DWilkins21<\/a> for being the strong voice of all those innocent Uyghur people in Concentration Camps<\/p>\n<p>Stop the Genocide, now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qFKfknJEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/7qFKfknJEQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1469690026405466113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Freedom has been one of the lone voices \u2014 not just in the NBA, but all of sports \u2014 trying to hold China accountable for its massive human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, his own sports league has become so beholden to the billions China is paying it that Freedom says league officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/12\/enes-kanter-nba-threatened-to-ban-me-for-anti-china-shoes\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded<\/a> with him to stop criticizing China. He specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/09\/enes-kanter-freedom-nba-begged-me-to-remove-free-tibet-sneakers\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that NBA officials quietly begged him to stop pushing his campaign to have China leave Tibet.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/12\/08\/enes-kanter-freedom-debuts-anti-socialist-venezuela-shoes\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debuted<\/a> sneakers aimed at calling attention to the oppression perpetrated by the authoritarian regime of Venezuela and its socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enes Kanter Freedom has been joined in his condemnation of the genocidal Chinese regime by NBA Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins. 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