{"id":17139,"date":"2008-02-09T22:24:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-10T05:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/british-athletes-face-ban-on-speaking-about-china\/"},"modified":"2008-02-09T22:31:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-10T05:31:01","slug":"british-athletes-face-ban-on-speaking-about-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/british-athletes-face-ban-on-speaking-about-china\/","title":{"rendered":"British Athletes Face Ban On Speaking About China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British Olympic Association said that they will ban British athletes from competing in this summer\u2019s games if they criticize China\u2019s government. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2008\/02\/10\/nolympics110.xml\">The Telegraph reports<\/a> that athletes will not be able to speak about possible human rights violations or Tibet. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since the 1988 Olympics in Soeul [sic], British competitors have been asked to sign contracts that include a pledge &#8220;not to comment on any politically sensitive issues&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>However, this year&#8217;s contracts will, for the first time, explicitly refer competitors to Section 51 of the International Olympic Committee charter, which &#8220;provides for no kind of demonstration, or political, religious or racial propaganda in the Olympic sites, venues or other areas&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BOA spokesman Graham Newsom said that athletes would be able to openly answer any question posed to them though, in response to critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Olympic Association said that they will ban British athletes from competing in this summer\u2019s games if they criticize China\u2019s government. 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