Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou was evicted from the Wimbledon men’s final for staging a protest over the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of women’s tennis player Peng Shaui.
An All England Club spokesperson said: “A spectator was removed from Centre Court after disrupting play by shouting, running down the stairs and causing a nuisance to their fellow spectators. The individual was removed by security colleagues and escorted off the grounds.”Pavlou, who has staged several controversial stunts in the past year, later posted a photograph of his wrist, which was red. “My wrist after security threw me down the stairs at Wimbledon for holding up a sign,” he wrote.
Pavlou later apologised for interrupting the match, writing on social media to critics: “I’m sorry that I disrupted the match for 30 seconds, I tried to pick a break in between games to silently hold up mysign but security immediately crash tackled me which is why I shouted out so people would hear Peng Shuai’s name on the broadcast.”
He and fellow anti-CCP agitators were involved in protests at the Australian Open in Melbourne earlier this year. Pavlou posted his mobile phone footage on social media of friend Max Mok and another spectator being confronted by TA security and later, Victorian police, at Melbourne Park.
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