Human rights protesters in Hong Kong said they were attacked by ardent supporters of the Chinese Communist Party during the World Basketball Championship qualifying match between China and Australia in Melbourne on Thursday night.
Chinese ultranationalists brutally attacked human rights protesters at a basketball game between China and Australia in Hong Kong. pic.twitter.com/x1vO39LxtI
– Drew Pavlou (@DrewPavlou) 30 June 2022
An activist named Max Mock aforementioned “Free East Turkistan!” He was attacked after he shouted. and “Hong Kong Independence!” in the arena. East Turkestan is the preferred name of many Uyghurs for their homeland controlled by China under the name Xinjiang.
Mock also reported on a banner demanding the release of Uyghur Muslim Mirzat Taher, the legal permanent resident of Australia, who was arrested in Xinjiang in 2017. Amnesty International He described the 25-year prison sentence as one of many crimes against humanity committed against China’s Uighurs.
Mirzat Taher and his wife Mehrai (Mirzat Taher’s family)
Another activist from Mok displayed the Tibetan flag, which is banned in China, as a symbol of Tibetan “separatism”.
Australian police said the fight was relatively minor and the arena’s security broke out with no serious injuries.
A police spokesperson said, “Police are happy with the general behavior of the crowd, but seven spectators have been kicked out for violating the entry conditions during the game.” Said.
Australia won the match 76-69 and advanced to the next round 4-0 in the World Cup qualifiers. On Sunday, the Australian will again play in China.
The Chinese nationalist has attacked pro-democracy demonstrators in foreign countries several times, including a violent gang attack on a pro-Hong Kong rally at the University of Queensland, Australia in July 2019, which became an international incident when the Chinese consulate praised the attackers. their “voluntary patriotic behavior”.
The basketball game video posted above was filmed by Drew Pavlow, a young Greek-Australian who was verbally and physically abused by Chinese ultranationalists while demonstrating against China’s communist regime in Sydney in May 2022. An independent journalist covering the Pavlov Protest was also allegedly attacked by the crowd.
Source: Breitbart
