‘Free Afghan Women’: Olympic Refugee Breakdancer Disqualified For Slogan | Dawn News English

Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash was disqualified from the Paris Games' breaking competition for displaying "Free Afghan Women" on her cape, protesting Taliban restrictions on women's rights. The 21-year-old refugee Olympic team member's act highlights the ongoing struggle for women's rights in Afghanistan.
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[skullcandy]

IF THEY CAN SUPPORT PALESTINE WHY NOT THIS?

SOME THINGS LIKE WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE NOT POLITICAL ISSUES BUT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS!

[cheking]

Just a shame to disqualify her for asking for help!! But displaying adds everywhere for Louis Vuitton, no problem?? FREE AFGHAN WOMEN! Support from France!

[Mmarcowski]

Support from France for AFGHAN WOMEN fight !! 🇨🇵🇦🇫

[smokey-]

i get her whole message and everything but her performance was trash. it was worse than that one raygun girl. just because shes pandering politcally doesnt automatically make her set good

[JohnDoe-]

I agree with her message but she was even worse than Raygun..

[itypethetruthnobshere]

Western women cost to much to date.. how can we get these free Afghan women?

[manuelper]

This woman was even worse than the Aussie girl, lol. Just horrible.

[aninhabitantofcarcosa]

But the Olympics do something worst than a slogan not allowing Russian athletes to compete. Hypocrites!!!

[shlattwidow]

But they can mock the last supper with the gay stuff. Backwards

[doloresleyva]

She got disqualified but that fool Raygun didn't for her stunt. She should have been disqualified after her first round shenanigans due ro unsportsmanlike conduct as she was clearly not breakdancing and was mocking her peers. Wow!!

[El_bi]

why free afghan women instead of free afghan people.

[davidlevy]

Then who let her out wearing that? I don't for a second believe she wasn't praised and told how brave she was for wearing that by IOC just before going on to perform. The Olympics is now just about how woke you can be. It doesn't matter if you suck at the sport you "qualified" for. Just as long as you have the right woke message. Like Raygun and this chick. They should have NEVER made an Olympic anything. Not even the Olympic water bottle carriers. The Olympic opener is a testament to all of this. They only care about their woke political message and nothing else. Disregard all the hard work people did. If your not pushing a proper woke message, then need not apply.

[cujo]

Yeah, there are rules stating no political or religious messages. She should have followed them but chose not to, so it's her own fault.

[pgl]

I don't think the real reason she was disqualified was the slogan. I think it it was because her performance was trash. It was worse than 'Raygun'. Seriously...

[fluffycuhh]

How do we go about freeing Afghan women genuine question as soon as americans left the Afghan army fell apart billions of us dollars spent training and equipping them went down the drain the us spent almost 800 million on programs to help establish and promoting women equal rights but i doubt the Taliban let any of it florish so whats the solution without starting another war on terror

[loisdanes]

The Olympics are becoming more lame every year.

[kennycity]

"Free Afgan Women"to better at breakdancing

[legiovicta]

She actually just REALLY sucked at break dancing lol

[elviusghana]

So you can't promote Freedom for afgan women, but you promote lgbtqia max? And to talk about inclusion tolerance? This Olympic is a joke.

[reyhannirwasita]

Sorry, Afghanistan is a Muslim majority country, so freedom Must be limited first, which is contradictory It is unacceptable if it is in direct conflict with Islamic law and sharia.