Chinese TV boycotts Arsenal game after Ozil's comments

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Chinese TV boycotts Arsenal game after Ozils comments
Arsenal's Mesut Ozil .- Reuters

Beijing - Ozil, a German of Turkish origin, condemned China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the western region.

By AFP

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Published: Sun 15 Dec 2019, 9:45 PM

Last updated: Sun 15 Dec 2019, 11:47 PM

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has pulled a game between Arsenal and Manchester City from its programme after the Gunners midfielder Mesut Ozil expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang.
Ozil, a German of Turkish origin, condemned China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the western region in a tweet on Friday, while criticising Muslim countries for failing to speak up against abuses.
Sunday's Premier League game in London between Arsenal and Manchester City was initially scheduled to be broadcast live by CCTV's sports channel shortly after midnight on Monday, according to a schedule published earlier on the league's official Weibo account. However, by Sunday CCTV replaced the match on its schedule with a pre-recorded game between Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
"Qurans are being burnt... Mosques are being shut down ... Muslim schools are being banned ... Religious scholars are being killed one by one ... Brothers are forcefully being sent to camps," Ozil tweeted.


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