CHINA FACES HARSH CRITICISM OVER INCREASING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF UYGHUR MUSLIMS

A PROMINENT human rights organization has called on the international community to condemn Beijing for crushing civil liberties in the Chinese western region of Xinjiang, while its policies against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic Turkic minorities amounted to “genocide” in several countries.

People and police walk in front of the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, China, June 30, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images)