CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from 2024 Olympics

Christian Solidarity International (CSI), an international Christian human rights organization, calls on International Olympic Committee to exclude Azerbaijan from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

“There is no place for genocide at the Olympics! Azerbaijan has driven 100,000 Armenian Christians out of their ancient homeland of Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh. Now it is threatening to invade the Republic of Armenia itself,” CSI said.

“After Russia invaded Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee barred Russia and Belarus from sending national teams to the 2024 Olympics. Russian and Belarusian athletes may compete as neutrals, but not under their country’ flag.

“The IOC should apply the same standard to Azerbaijan,” it added.