"Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, OK?"
Some American basketball players say that the NBA is complicit in human rights abuses in China. Here's why …
Some American basketball players say that the NBA is complicit in human rights abuses in China. Here's why …
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00:00Let's be honest, nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay?
00:02You bring it up because you really care.
00:04Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below my line.
00:07It is below my line.
00:17Obviously, China uses money to buy silence.
00:30There's torture, forced labor is going on now, forced sterilizations.
00:38An independent tribunal has called the situation crimes against humanity and genocide, as have
00:42a number of governments.
00:44The Chinese government is essentially trying to make everybody the same, to eliminate the
00:48Uyghur culture in general.
00:50The Chinese government has been systematically oppressing the Uyghur Muslims, and they have
00:57been silenced.
00:58They don't have a voice to speak out.
01:24I think this is insulting also just to Uyghurs abroad.
01:27They were appalled.
01:28That someone could say something that was so callous.
01:36There's a lot of money in the Chinese market.
01:38NBA basketball is very popular.
01:41It is one of the most watched sports in the country.
01:48We love China.
01:49We love playing there.
01:50I know for both of us individually, we go there once or twice a year.
01:56They show us the most support and love.
02:26I believe he wasn't educated on the situation at hand.
02:38We apologize.
02:39We love China.
02:56My message to you is, free the Uyghurs.
03:08Stay strong, and keep asking the Chinese Communist Party, where is my father?
03:14Where is my mother?
03:16Where are my brothers and sisters?
03:18And where is my family?
03:27I think these sports leagues just have to allow their athletes to speak.
03:54We certainly are encouraging athletes to speak out.
03:56I think it's really essential to support the Uyghurs themselves who are doing this work abroad.
04:01They're, of course, not allowed to do any kind of hectivism in the region, in China today.
04:06I think, quite frankly, there hasn't been enough pressure from much of the global community.