Fri Feb 18, 2022 – 1:33 pm ESTFri Feb 18, 2022 – 1:35 pm EST
WASHINGTON (Lifesitenews) — An American basketball star was formally recognized for his continued public stance against China’s ongoing human rights abuses.
Before an international crowd of freedom fighters against the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) as well survivors of those brutally victimized by the regime, NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom received the 2022 Freedom Award from the Captives Nation Coalition of the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC).
“I cannot call myself a hero, when we have these heroes [in] front of me,” began Freedom at the Feb. 17 ceremony. “You can talk about all the social justice, all the injustices that are happening around the world, but when it comes to China, you cannot speak up, because if you do, then you have to face the consequences.”
The athlete, a Turkish Muslim, garnered international attention by repeatedly using his Twitter account to demand Xi Jinping and the CCP cease their relentless and bloody oppression of China’s ethnic minorities. Chinese TV stations responded by refusing to air games in which Freedom participated, costing the NBA untold millions of dollars in lost revenues.
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