ISTANBUL: Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, a German footballer of Turkish origin, on Friday expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang and criticised Muslim countries for their failure to speak up for them.
Rights groups and experts say more than one million Uighurs and people of other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities have been rounded up in the camps in the tightly-controlled region. Arsenal moved to distance themselves from Ozil's comments in a bid to limit fallout in China, where the club has numerous commercial interests.
Another Chinese fan said she"cried last night" after reading the post, which the star had also uploaded to Instagram.
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f*k his mother,HK rioters' slogan
He is supporting UN recognized terrorism movements. Plain and simple.
Maybe MesutOzil1088 should start with turkey?
Respectable footballer
Everyone should respect others, while Chinazi fanatics never show respect to any human. We support Ozil! FightForFreedom StandWithHK StandwithUyghurs StandwithTibet. antichinazi
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