Beijing Revokes Visa Of Activist Athlete

Beijing Revokes Visa Of Activist Athlete

08.06.08 posted by pondy 97 views 1 comment
Chinese government revoked the visa of former Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek. Cheek is the co-founder of Team Darfur, a Washington D.C.-based group of athletes hoping to raise awareness about the crisis in the war-ravaged Darfur section of Sudan. Cheek has been outspoken about his concern that China might squelch political protest surrounding the games.
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that cheeky guy is using the games for his political agenda,

and he is using politics to mess up the games.

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