Friday 14 June 2019

'Deep concerns': US objects to UN counterterrorism chief's visit to Xinjiang

Other countries joined the US in objecting to the trip in a region where China detains 1 million Uighurs and muslims

The United States and other western countries have objected to a visit by the United Nations counterterrorism chief to China’s remote Xinjiang, where UN experts say some 1 million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are held in detention centres.

Vladimir Voronkov, a veteran Russian diplomat who heads the UN Counterterrorism Office, is in China at the invitation of Beijing and is due to visit Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi, according to an email sent by his office to countries that raised concerns.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XNG71I

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