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'Very sad to see terrible treatment of boxers' - HRW  Human Rights Watch told Reuters on Tuesday, August 8, that it was 'very sad to see terrible treatment' of female boxers, Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting at the Paris Olympic Games.   The IOC and International Boxing Association have been at loggerheads for days over the participation of Khelif and Yu-ting.   The IBA banned them midway through last year's World Championships following a chromosome test, citing gender ineligibility, but the IOC has allowed them both to compete, saying they are women.   The IBA press conference, which has triggered a protest by Taiwan's sports administration, was initially organized to provide evidence of the tests conducted on the two boxers but instead caused more confusion.     REUTERS VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #paris2024 #imanekhelif #linyuting #boxing

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00:00So, when athletes are competing at the Olympics or anywhere else, they don't surrender their

00:06basic human rights.

00:07And those human rights include the right to privacy, the right to dignity, and the right

00:12to compete without horrific online harassment and abuse.

00:17And it's very sad to see that one of the stories of these Paris Games has been the terrible

00:23treatment of two athletes who are just trying to compete in the sport of boxing.

00:28They have been in the Olympic system for many years, competing, they win, they lose.

00:33It has never been an issue before.

00:35Overseas Press Club bought board with Paris Games.

00:38Yeah, yeah.

00:39Oh, amazing.

00:40I love you.

00:41Good to hear that.

00:42Yeah, I think, so, for many decades, women and athletes in particular have been scrutinized

00:48about how they look.

00:49Are your muscles too big?

00:51Are you swimming too fast?

00:52I mean, this has always happened.

00:54And I think one of the requirements of participating in sports should be that you have the ability

01:01to do so without harmful abuse.

01:03And I think we've seen the online abuse, including by state actors, of women who are just trying

01:12to compete for their country.

01:14It's shocking and actually quite unprecedented.

01:16But I think it's very important that the countries have actually stood up for their athletes

01:21and defended their right to compete, and actually said, these athletes meet all of

01:26the tests that they were required to meet, and so therefore they really should not be

01:30harassed and abused.

01:31And this seems a classic case of where access, safety, and equality are all a threat.

01:44So I think it's very important for the human rights community and for women everywhere

01:47to stand up for the right to compete.

01:50And also the right not to be thrown out of a sport by men who are not using any human

01:55rights-based standards.

02:03International federations, sporting federations, whatever the sport, swimming, boxing, world

02:08athletics, whatever the federation is, it exists for a single purpose.

02:13And that is to support athletes.

02:15What we've seen in Paris is this is a federation that is not supporting the women boxers.

02:20So that federation is not legitimate, and it's not doing the one job it has, which is

02:26to support women boxers.

02:28It's also, I think very importantly, not complying with international human rights and with the

02:33International Olympic Committee's human rights framework, which is in place.

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