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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during the bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People on April 26, 2019 in Beijing, China
UNITED NATIONS: The UN says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uighurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China during a recent meeting with the country’s president, Xi Jinping.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday the UN chief told the Chinese leader that “human rights must be fully respected in the fight against terrorism and in the prevention of violent extremism.”
Criticism has grown over China’s internment of Uighurs as well as members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Last week, Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth wrote a harsh op-ed accusing Guterres of being silent on human rights and failing to speak out publicly on the plight of the Uighurs.
Dujarric called Guterres’ discussions with Xi “very cordial” and “frank.”
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during the bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People on April 26, 2019 in Beijing, China
UNITED NATIONS: The UN says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uighurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China during a recent meeting with the country’s president, Xi Jinping.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday the UN chief told the Chinese leader that “human rights must be fully respected in the fight against terrorism and in the prevention of violent extremism.”
Criticism has grown over China’s internment of Uighurs as well as members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Last week, Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth wrote a harsh op-ed accusing Guterres of being silent on human rights and failing to speak out publicly on the plight of the Uighurs.
Dujarric called Guterres’ discussions with Xi “very cordial” and “frank.”
