(NATIONAL REVIEW) – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an extensive interview with National Review, openly warned Thursday that China could detain athletes and journalists from the U.S. and elsewhere should the 2022 Olympic Games proceed as planned in Beijing.
He specifically warned of a scenario where Olympians speaking out or protesting over the Chinese Communist Party’s Uyghur genocide could be denied permission to exit China, under a new security law.
“I can’t imagine any athlete from anywhere in the world not knowing what’s going on in Western China, and not wanting to be able to talk about that. And yet, if they chose to do so inside of China today, I think, a likely outcome is the Chinese Communist Party would deny them their exit,” Pompeo said. “That’s just dangerous and unacceptable. We shouldn’t force athletes to suffer that choice.”
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