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Responsibility is assigned on the basis of nationality rather than agency

Many states represented at the Australian Open have violated the territorial integrity of other countries conducted prolonged military interventions or overseen serious abuses of civilian populations

Sporting institutions have moved to restrict symbols associated with the war under pressure from governments sponsors and public opinion

China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang is an obvious example

They are expressions of identity belonging and personal attachment especially for migrants and diasporic communities

In professional tennis players are also representing themselves

Many of the United States’ post–Cold War military campaigns and Britain’s imperial history shape global inequalities and political relationships today

National flags in stadiums are not endorsements of governments

Kazakh flags were visible throughout the crowd and in-stadium video shots often focused on them

That policy has been widely reported and defended as part of international sport’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’s role in facilitating it

The women’s final at this year’s Australian Open offered a clear illustration of flag politics in contemporary sport

The match in Melbourne featured Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan

Belarusian flags were absent because tournament policy prohibits the display of Belarusian and Russian national symbols

In his order Monday Judge Engelmayer noted the public interest argument saying that he had given it careful consideration

Far from it it consists of garden-variety summary testimony by two law enforcement agents

Last month the Justice Department said that it had closed the case prompting an instant outcry

The push to unseal the records might be seen as an effort not aimed not at transparency but at diversion aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such he wrote

It indicated that there would be no more disclosures about Mr Epstein

In the push to unseal the transcripts in both New York and Florida government officials argued that there was significant public interest in the case

She has asked the Supreme Court to review her case