Blackburn, Merkley Call Out NBA Commissioner for Deepening Relationship with Rwanda: 'Putting Profit Over Principle'
August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.) sent a letter to National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver calling out the NBA's deepening engagement with Rwandan President Paul Kagame who has a demonstrated record of human rights abuses. The letter also expresses concern about the league's engagement with Chinese Communist . . .
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oreg.) sent a letter to National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver calling out the NBA's deepening engagement with Rwandan President Paul Kagame who has a demonstrated record of human rights abuses. The letter also expresses concern about the league's engagement with Chinese Communist . . .