A person takes part in a 2018 protest march in Brussels of ethnic Uyghurs asking for the European Union to call upon China to respect human rights in the Xinjiang region and ask for the closure of ‘re-education centers’ where Uyghurs are detained. (Photo: AFP) Beijing has dismissed Pope Francis’ criticism of its treatment of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority as groundless and insisted that all ethnic minorities are protected and treated equally.
About 1.1 million Uyghurs are interned by China in the Xinjiang region for what it insists is a government-led campaign to stamp out terrorists, but human rights activists […]
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