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Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has become the latest international celebrity caught in a political storm in China after he strongly criticised Beijing’s policies in Xinjiang.
The German player hit out at the Muslim world’s silence over allegations of widespread human rights abuses in the far western region, where a million mainly Uygur Muslims have reportedly been detained in re-education camps.
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