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"en.20140205.69.3-770-000"2
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"Madam President, no matter how spectacular the ceremonies or how memorable the events, the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi will be remembered as being built on discrimination, on exploitation and on homophobia.
The comment by Putin that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people attending could feel comfortable as long as they leave the children alone are a testament to the climate of hate that exists: to an environment where promoting homosexuality is a criminal offence and where criminal gangs can kidnap and violently assault LGBT people with impunity. That goes together with the brutal exploitation of tens of thousands of migrant workers by thugs who fail to pay wages, confiscate passports and have forced people to work up to 12 hours a day, with only one day off a month. It also goes together with the forced evictions of families to make way for the Olympic infrastructure.
For millions around the world, the image of Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising a defiant Black Power salute at the 1968 Games is iconic. It is the duty of activists around the world to make sure that any similar acts of defiance are known worldwide."@en1
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