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Olympics: Abuse in Indian Wrestling Exposes Need for Global Hotline

By Human Rights Watch
(Nyon) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has failed to investigate or provide access to remedy for Indian wrestlers protesting sexual harassment and violence for more than a year, the Sport & Rights Alliance said in a report released today.The report, ‘“We Were Only Demanding Justice”: Sexual Abuse in Indian Wrestling Federation’, details the pattern of sexual harassment and violence suffered by athletes during the 12-year tenure of then-President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Singh, who was also a Parliament member with the Bharatiya…


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