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Activist Removed From Wimbledon for Peng Shuai Protest
VOA ^ | July 10, 2022

Posted on 07/15/2022 3:25:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An activist who shouted "Where is Peng Shuai?" and held up a sign with the same message was removed from Center Court during the Wimbledon men's final on Sunday.

Drew Pavlou, an activist who made a similar protest at the Australian Open this year, said he shouted the message during a stoppage in play and was then forcefully removed from the stadium.

"I didn't want to disrupt the actual match itself, so I waited to make sure there was a break in the play and then I just basically held up a sign saying, 'Where is Peng Shuai?'" Pavlou told The Associated Press. "And I just said, 'Where is Peng Shuai? This Chinese tennis star is being persecuted by the Chinese government. Why won't Wimbledon say something?'"

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: china; wimbledon
The most important thing about sports, is that it protect the Chinese government.
1 posted on 07/15/2022 3:25:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

“The most important thing about sports, is that it protect the Chinese government.”

and not let russian athletes compete


2 posted on 07/15/2022 3:34:13 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: nickcarraway

Did you ever think you would ever see the day where a country would rise like Nazi Germany and engage in genocide, have concentration camps, use prisoners for organ harvesting, engage in animal torture, and not only does US sports organizations support them but our own politicians as well who PROTECT them! “Don’t call it the China virus, that’s RACIST!” Um yeah OK, well you know, besides engaging in genocide, they also killed around 6 million people with that Fauci virus but yeah, we don’t want hurt the feelings of the mass murderers do we.


3 posted on 07/15/2022 3:36:00 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yep.

It’s not good.


4 posted on 07/15/2022 3:40:39 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Well, they killed 70 million of their own people in The Great Leap Forward and the world sat by and watched and pretended Hitler was the most evil at 11 million. It’s no wonder Obama, Biden, Democrats in general worship the ground Mao walked on.


5 posted on 07/15/2022 4:17:48 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: nickcarraway

The Xi variant is very strong among the elite...


6 posted on 07/15/2022 5:25:37 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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