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Tennis 04/22/22, 09:24

The Wimbledon Tournament, All England Club, announced on April 20, through a statement that it will ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This controversial decision will leave tennis players out of the oldest competition in the world. Novak Djokovic, the world number one, said it is "crazy" ...

Human Rights 02/07/22, 19:58

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai resurfaced Monday in an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe, saying there has been a "enormous misunderstanding" surrounding a publication in which she denounced a senior Chinese regime official for forcing her to have sex with him. Peng's denunciation was in November 2021 on a Chinese ...

China 12/24/21, 12:06

Peng Shuai, the Wimbledon tennis champion and the French Open women's doubles champion, has changed her words, denying that she was sexually assaulted by former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, according to Creaders.net. Last November 2021, Peng revealed that Zhang had sexually abused her in a post on Weibo which was quickly ...

China 12/09/21, 04:39

The Women's Tennis Association, or WTA, on December 1st, announced it would suspend all events in China, including Hong Kong. The move has drawn international attention. Inside China, the Chinese regime prevented information about WTA's withdrawal The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expressed its anger towards the WTA in the official media outside ...

China 12/07/21, 02:17

A bipartisan pair of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a resolution condemning the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for helping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)  justify the wrongdoing involving the tennis star Peng Shuai. The resolution was co-proposed by Representative Jennifer Wexton of the Democratic Party and Representative Mike Waltz of the ...

China 12/04/21, 23:50

On Dec.1, the International Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) presented by Steve Simon published an announcement:  “I announce the immediate suspension of all WTA-organized events in China, including Hong Kong. With my conscience and morality, I cannot ignore what is happening with Peng Soai and let our athletes compete there. At the same ...

China 12/04/21, 21:39

The U. S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), announced this week that in rejection of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games it will publish the image of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political prisoner per day, seeking to raise public awareness and oppose human rights abuses. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) granted ...

China 12/04/21, 16:20

For decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has violated human rights. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) took a firm stance against this authoritarian regime. In early November, the tennis player considered the best doubles player in tennis made a post on a Chinese social network alleging that China’s former vice premier, ...

China 12/01/21, 18:52

The Women Tennis Association (WTA) announced this Wednesday afternoon, December 1, that it has cancelled all its tennis tournaments in China in response to the plight of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, who they say is not certain if she is being held against her will after alleging sexual abuse ...

China 11/18/21, 02:13

The Women's Tennis Association is no longer convinced Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai is safe after a state media letter claimed she was. National sports star Peng Shuai has been missing since she came out about being sexually harassed by a top Chinese official earlier this month. Chief executive of the Women's ...

China 11/15/21, 03:31

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is demanding China to investigate the case of sports star Peng Shuai who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a Chinese politician. They also require a stop in censorship against Shuai, who came out to tell her story on Chinese social media, Weibo, on Nov. 2. ...