Pompeo said the treatment of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China 'may well end up being one of the worst stains on the world this century.'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would use the United Nations General Assembly this month to persuade countries to help"call out" China over treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority.
"We want freedom for those folks. We have lots of challenges with China, but this is about their fundamental unalienable rights for those particular individuals." He dismissed Chinese claims that the camps were meant to"educate and to save" people influenced by religious extremism.CHINA DEFENDS RECORD
In a speech on tackling extremism in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi on Friday, China's deputy propaganda minister Jiang Jianguo said the world had a responsibility to come together to counter terrorism, state news agency Xinhua reported. The Trump administration has been considering sanctions against Chinese officials, including Xinjiang's Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo, a member of the Chinese leadership's powerful politburo, since last year, but has held off amid Chinese threats of retaliation.
The official, who did not want to be identified, said the tone of the speech would be dictated by the needs of the moment.
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