"The Uyghur region has become an open-air prison and surveillance state where freedoms are nonexistent for the Uyghur people," Kanter said.
These comments came just days after China banned Celtics games from being aired as a response to Kanter's criticism of Chinese president Xi Jinping and calls for Tibet to be free. Kanter, who has emerged as a leading voice against human rights abuses, has now also denounced Nike for its refusal to acknowledge the brutality taking place in China, particularly in the factories where the company's shoes are manufactured using the forced labor of Uyghurs.
China's abuse of Uyghurs is longstanding and calls to mind some of the darkest chapters in human history.
