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World Cup winner Griezmann ends commercial relationship with Huawei, cites China's treatment of Muslims

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Football - Champions League - Group G - FC Barcelona v Juventus - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 8, 2020. FC Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann reacts. [REUTERS/Albert Gea]

France and Barcelona footballer Antoine Griezmann, who has been an ambassador for tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, has cut commercial ties with the company, citing China's treatment of Uighur Muslims.

"I announce that I am putting an end immediately to my partnership linking me with this company," Griezmann, a 2018 World Cup winner with France, wrote in a statement on Instagram on Thursday.

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