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Former Utah Jazz center Enes Kanter, who now plays for the Boston Celtics and has long been a strong voice against dictatorial regimes around the world, has called for a boycott of next February's Winter Olympics in Beijing. Kanter has been far from the only notable person to do so, as many have protested against Chinese president Xi Jinping over alleged human rights violations, particularly against ethnic Uyghurs, but he is certainly a leading voice in the NBA. Last Saturday morning, Kanter wrote on Twitter, "The genocidal Chinese government and the insecure tyrant behind it all XI JINPING must not…
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