US says China Uighur repression 'genocide'

By Humeyra Pamuk
Updated January 20 2021 - 4:24am, first published 4:18am
US officials claim there is "a systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the Chinese party-state".
US officials claim there is "a systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the Chinese party-state".

China has committed "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.

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