French soccer player, due to the termination of the contract with Huawei

Antoine Griezmann (29), a French star in French, has expressed a sponsor contract with Chinese telecommunications equipment, Huawei (Huawei).It was said that the company was involved in the Muslims of Uyghurs.

Griezmann, a member of the French national team in the 2018 World Cup championship, has been a "brand ambassador" since 2017.The company has appeared extensively in advertising in France.

In the case of Huawei, a US monitoring company IPVM published a report on testing face authentication software, which would help Chinese police select Uyghurs.

IPVM says that Huawei has obtained a document that he had tested Chinese company Megby software in its videos cloud system.Megby is known for facial authentication technology.

Griezmann posted on Instagram that "Huawei has been doubtful that Huawei has contributed to the development of Uyghur Warning using face recognition software, and will immediately discontinue his partner relationship with the company."bottom.

Deny the contents of the report

Huawei strongly denies the contents of the report.He told the BBC, "I'm sad," regarding Griezmann's decision.

The company spokeswoman told the BBC that "the expressions used in (appearing in the report) documents" are "unacceptable."

"It does not match the values of Huawei. Our technology is not for identification of ethnic groups. Do not discriminate is the center of the company's values."

Regarding Griezmann's post, Huawei spokeswoman said, "Needless to say, Huawei is sad about the decision to solve Griezmann's relationship."

"I would like to invite him and personally talk about and explain the current work at the top level of the company to appeal to human rights, equality, and all discrimination. Huawei is very serious.I want him to recognize what he is, all customers and his partner again. "

Many criticisms have been issued over China over response to minority.

Under the name of "re -education," the Chinese government is believed to have detained 1 million Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.The government consistently denied abuse.The purpose is to eradicate terrorism and increase employment opportunities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said in an answer document to CNBC's interview with the IPVM report "slander."

Other players also protest

Griezmann's soccer players who have expressed protests over the response to the Uyghurs.

Former German national team, Arsenal, Arsenal Mesto Ezil, described the Uyghurs as "a warrior who resists persecution."He criticized the Chinese government and those who were silent in the appeal of abuse.

The Chinese government rebounded furiously.The state -owned television has stopped broadcasting Arsenal games.Ezil has been erased from the Chinese version of the soccer video game "Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2020".

(English article Football Star Severs Ties with Huawei Over UIGHURS)

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