IOC faces backlash over readmission of Russian athletes
IOC president Thomas Bach is accused of failing to address the plight of Ukrainian athletes. – EPA pic, March 31, 2023.
UKRAINIAN athletes’ human rights have “not been addressed” by IOC president Thomas Bach and a UN expert in weighing Russia and Belarus’s readmission into global sports events, a leading authority on human rights says. Patricia Wiater said “unfortunately” neither the International Olympic Committee nor UN special rapporteur in cultural rights Alexandra Xanthaki had addressed protecting the rights of Ukraine’s athletes.
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