{"id":20108,"date":"2014-07-26T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T01:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20108"},"modified":"2014-07-25T23:36:32","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T15:36:32","slug":"malaysian-cyclist-reprimanded-for-save-gaza-protest-during-commonwealth-games-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/26\/malaysian-cyclist-reprimanded-for-save-gaza-protest-during-commonwealth-games-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian cyclist reprimanded for \u201cSave Gaza\u201d protest during Commonwealth Games race"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20109\" style=\"width: 946px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/946px-Azizulhasni_Awang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20109\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/946px-Azizulhasni_Awang.jpg\" alt=\"Azizulhasni Awang. Photo by Nicola \/ Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/946px-Azizulhasni_Awang.jpg 946w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/946px-Azizulhasni_Awang-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azizulhasni Awang. Photo by Nicola \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>GLASGOW\u2014A Malaysian cyclist at the Commonwealth Games who wore gloves with \u201cSave Gaza\u201d written on them has been reprimanded by his team and warned he will be expelled if he does it again.<\/p>\n<p>Azizulhasni Awang competed in the men\u2019s sprint on Thursday wearing gloves that had the word \u201cSave\u201d written across knuckles on one hand and \u201cGaza\u201d over the other. Awang\u2019s fists featuring the message were held up to cameras after the race, which took him into the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The rider said he was expressing a \u201chumanitarian\u201d message, not making a political protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actions were investigated and we spoke with the Malaysian team management,\u201d Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s inappropriate for any form of protest, etc. in a games venue. We respect everyone\u2019s right to protest &#8230; however it is inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has had a strong reprimand from his team management. He\u2019s apologized profusely. He now knows any repetition will see a removal of his accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s sprint quarterfinal races, Awang wore plain black gloves as he lost to Sam Webster of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sorry to the people who misinterpret my message. There\u2019s no such thing with political protest,\u201d Awang, who will also compete in the keirin, wrote on his Facebook page. \u201cIt\u2019s from the bottom of my heart to express humanitarian (thoughts). Since when (is) expressing humanitarian considered as political?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, I apologize to those who think I\u2019m doing wrong and thanks a lot to everyone who always keep supporting &#8230; me. There\u2019s no word that I can express it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israeli ground troops and Hamas gunmen continued intense battles on Friday in Gaza where more than 800 Palestinians have been killed during 18 days of fighting. The Israeli death toll is 35, among them 33 soldiers, as the country tries to destroy rocket sites in Gaza and tunnels into Israel. Palestinians want an end to the seven-year Israeli-Egyptian blockade of their territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLASGOW\u2014A Malaysian cyclist at the Commonwealth Games who wore gloves with \u201cSave Gaza\u201d written on them has been reprimanded by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-rob-harris","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}