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Well, human rights are the very embodiment of politics. There's nothing wrong with that either. We need to stop treating it as a dirty word.
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Australia on Friday defended their hotly contested decision to pull out of a cricket series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women's "Basic human rights".
Australia and Afghanistan were scheduled to play three ODIs in the United Arab Emirates in March but Cricket Australia scrapped the series after consultation with stakeholders, including the Australian government.
Cricket Australia had been hopeful of playing Afghanistan and was in regular contact with the Afghanistan Cricket Board, he added.


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Human rights are absolutely politics. 
What the statement should be is "Human rights are non-negotiable". >

Literally everything is politics. >

There are only two types of people: those who feel like they’re the default option in the character creator, and political >

They are the most important politics. >

Yeah, I really don't agree when people say "x isn't politics". Human rights, very clearly and obviously is and has always been a political issue. Where you stand on it is a political stance. 
What Hockley means to say it's that they're non-negotiable, and Australia is right to do this. >

Nah. He is clearly getting ahead of the criticism. One party says not doing y cause x. Other party responds by saying they're not doing y cause of politics. 
It's not that human rights doesn't become a political issue, it's that it shouldn't be in politics at all. Western idealization is like you say, if only it were true in the west. >

Why is Afghanistan even allowed to compete internationally? >

I would let them. Sports competition, especially the Olympics always see athletes from oppressive countries apply for asylum in the hosting country. It's their only way out. >

Yes all of those female athletes that the Taliban will send out, they can definitely claim asylum in the UAE. Absolutely nothing wrong with that plan.