Ozil, a former Germany international, has been at Arsenal since 2013Arsenal have distanced the club from midfielder Mesut Ozil's comments on the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China. Rights groups say about a million people - mostly from the Muslim Uighur community - are thought to have been detained without trial in high-security prison camps. "Following social media messages from Mesut Ozil on Friday, Arsenal Football Club must make it clear that these are Mesut's personal views." China has consistently denied mistreating Uighur Muslims in the country. Some users also wrote posts with the hashtags "#Protesting against Ozil" and "#Ozil made inappropriate comments about China".

Source: BBC December 14, 2019 14:37 UTC