Daas continued to report initially as a thorough professional until the guard lugged him away.
The NOS Twitter handle wrote:
Meanwhile, NOS editor-in-chief Marcel Gelauff described the incident as ‘a painful illustration’ of how foreign press members are treated in China.
While the reason for the unacceptable behavior is still uncertain, Gelauff further added that he has not been contacted by Daas yet, could only speculate about the incident through pictures that went viral. Gelauff said:
Delegations that have opted out of 2022 WInter Olympics due to human rights abuses
The ongoing Winter Olympics have attracted heavy criticism for several reasons, the main reason being the human rights abuses, genocide, crimes and atrocities committed in Xinjiang, China. The Chinese media is heavily controlled and public discussions of human rights violations have been quashed.
At least four countries — the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom — announced diplomatic boycotts ahead of the commencement of the 2022 Winter Games over China’s human rights record.
Meanwhile, just a day before the Winter Games opening ceremony, India announced that the Indian envoy would not attend the opening or closing ceremonies of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that it was regrettable that China has chosen to politicize an event like the Olympics.
The decision was taken a day after a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier who clashed with Indian Army troops during the Galwan Valley Clash in June of 2020 was made a torchbearer at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic torch relay.
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