Kanter denounces China's human rights record again amid backlash

"Heartless Dictator of China, XI JINPING and the Communist Party of China. I am calling you out in front of the whole world. Close down the SLAVE labor camps and free the UYGHUR people!" Kanter wrote on Twitter. "Stop the GENOCIDE, now!"

Chinese authorities have been accused of facilitating forced labour by detaining around a million Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim minorities in camps since 2016.read more "It's so disappointing that the governments and leaders of Muslim majority countries are staying silent while my Muslim brothers and sisters are getting killed, raped and tortured," Kanter said in a video accompanying the tweet, posted hours before the Celtics' home opener against the Toronto Raptors.

Kanter, 29, was pilloried on Chinese social media and his name appeared to be blocked on the popular Weibo messaging platform.The United States voiced concern on Friday at China's actions against the National Basketball Association following Kanter's criticism of China's treatment of Tibet. A State Department spokesperson said in an email, referring to the People's Republic of China: "The United States is deeply concerned by the PRC's actions against the National Basketball Association for statements one player made regarding Tibet."Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken FerrisSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.

For speaking his mind

Kanter terörist çocuğu Babası abd de Fetö pisliği Kanter

Is this Xi’s burner account?

The dude is backing up a dictator wannabe... And other radicals but he is concerned about China human rights..

What backlash?

LeBron wrote this.

Working for China, now, huh? We're you guys once serious journalists?

Adam diye yazılır EnesKanter diye okunur 👏👏

Great he is fighting for the rights of Muslim minorities. What other Muslim minorities is he fighting for?

who is he?

The CIA got his dad outta Turkish jail so he work for the CIA now

Backlash from who?

China is the only one mad

And silent on Turkey's human rights record Kurds..shut up and dribble

Well said, excellent !

我打赌他在地图上找不到西藏

Backlash? Backlash? From who?

sponsored by the US gov't

Does he know how many Muslims were killed, maimed, tortured, by US, in the last twenty years?

He does got lots of attention nowadays from politics like those from Turkey now it’s from china whole his performance sucks. Go be a politician if that’s what you want

Good for him.

No backlash here!

无药可救

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