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When the wrestlers demanded his medical test be conducted he was taken away by the police. [71] [72] The Delhi Police on the contrary said no force was used in a press release the following day. There were no women constables present at the site. [73] The protest site was later sealed by heavily barricading all the roads towards it by Delhi ...
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is detained by police during a protest in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. ... She and other top wrestlers camped for weeks last year demanding action on sexual harassment ...
New Delhi police filed charges Thursday of sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of six female athletes by Indian wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the end of their ...
[15] [16] They started a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding Brij Bhushan's removal from his position of WFI President and his arrest. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] After months of protests, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ultimately suspended WFI executive body in May 2023 and asked IOA to constitue an ad-hoc panel to oversee the ...
The panel was also instructed to hold elections for the appointment of a new WFI chief within 45 days. [79] On 28 May 2023, Phogat, Sakshi, Bajrang and other protesting wrestlers were detained by the Delhi Police when they were marching towards the Indian Parliament to organize a protest for their call of arresting Brij Bhushan. [80]
Vinesh Phogat, known for her role in anti-sexual harassment protests, has been disqualified from the final of the women’s 50kg freestyle category. Olympic triumph to torment for Indian wrestler ...
There were calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and national karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during the Mahsa Amini protests, blinding of archer Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo ...
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