Win Htet Oo : Boycotting the Olympics to protest (Write the wrongs - episode 25)

29/09/2021 6 min

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Episode Synopsis

Win Htet Oo, a promising and talented swimmer, withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to protest against the military coup in Myanmar, responsible for a repression that killed over a thousand people. The IOC, which didn’t answer any of his petitions, is accused of letting perpetrators of crimes against humanity compete under their neutrality principle.