By: Jianli Yang – Jan 3, 2021
In late November, the United States gained a new citizen. As Boston Celtics center and Turkish-American Enes Kanter Freedom stood on the courthouse steps, he proudly announced his citizenship and lauded our country’s greatest achievements: “You’ve got freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of press.”
Throughout his career, Enes has strived to promote this legacy by speaking out against human rights abuse off the court.
Enes courageously advocates for human rights and democracy against some of the world’s most repressive governments. He uses his Celtics platform to advocate for democracy and self-determination in Taiwan and Hong Kong and to protest the mass detention and forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China… [Continue Reading]
Source: https://theglobepost.com/2022/01/03/enes-kanter-freedom-expression/