Sonny Bill Williams joins Mesut Ozil in condemning China's Xinjiang camps

As fallout from Mesut Ozil’s condemnation of China's treatment of  Uighur Muslim mirities continues to soar, New Zealand rugby star Sonny Bill Williams has joined Arsenal midfielder. Williams spoke out against alleged human rights abuse by government in country's far-western Xinjiang region. He lamented that some had chosen ecomic gains over humanity.

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Sonny Bill Williams criticizes China's Xinjiang camps

Sonny Bill Williams, who embraced Islam back in 2009, had shared a picture through his Twitter handle of a hand representing Chinese flag which could be seen bloodily gripping ar hand which is painted like flag of East Turkestan. Muslim-majority Uyghurs refer to ir home region of Xinjiang as East Turkestan. 

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China was furious in its response to  Arsenal star’s attack on ir policies. His Premier League club had distanced itself on Chinese social media from comments made by Mesut Ozil. He faced furr backlash which involved putting him away from Chinese versions of Pro Evolution Soccer computer game. Chinese state television also decided to pull off broadcast of a match between Arsenal and Manchester City. Mesut Ozil also drew flak from a fellow footballer who criticized him for getting involved with politics. 

In a similar case, China moved in last year to attack NBA’s Houston Rockets after its general manr Daryl Morey had shown support for Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters. It was reported by league chief Adam Silver that  Chinese government had demanded Morey to be sacked for posting a tweet in support of protesters.

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