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Pompeo Criticizes China's Decision to Pull Televised Soccer Game

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   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted Tuesday that China's
   decision not to broadcast a soccer game on Sunday will not distract
   from the human rights violations the government has allegedly committed
   against religious minorities.

   Pompeo's tweet was in response to Chinese state television's decision
   to pull the scheduled live broadcast of a football (soccer) game
   following one of the players' comments online criticizing the
   government's treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority.

   "China's Communist Party propaganda outlets can censor @MesutOzil1088
   and @Arsenal's games all season long, but the truth will prevail,"
   Pompeo wrote. "The CCP can't hide its gross #HumanRights violations
   perpetrated against Uighurs and other religious faiths from the world."

     China's Communist Party propaganda outlets can censor
     [1]@MesutOzil1088 and [2]@Arsenal's games all season long, but the
     truth will prevail. The CCP can't hide its gross [3]#HumanRights
     violations perpetrated against Uighurs and other religious faiths
     from the world.
     -- Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) [4]December 17, 2019

   China's CCTV was scheduled to broadcast the football game between
   Arsenal and Manchester City, but instead decided to show a taped game
   between Tottenham Hotspur and the Wolverhampton Wanderers.

   Arsenal footballer Mesut Ozil posted on Twitter Friday comments
   condemning China's crackdown on Muslim minorities in the Western
   region, while also criticizing other Muslim countries for not speaking
   up against abuses.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/MesutOzil1088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/Arsenal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumanRights?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1206953951653969921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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