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US Denounces China's Justification of Uighur Re-Education Camps

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The United States has condemned efforts by China at the U.N.
   Human Rights Council to justify its incarceration of a reported million
   Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in 're-education' camps in Xinjiang
   Province.

   After introducing himself as an ethnic Uighur, the vice governor of
   Xinjiang province in China, painted an idyllic picture of life there.
   Aierken Tuniyazi told diplomats at the U.N. Human Rights Council that
   25 million people, encompassing many ethnic groups and religions, lived
   in solidarity, harmony and mutual assistance.

   He said people in Xinjiang are united as closely as the seeds of a
   pomegranate. He said China had lifted 2.3 million people out of poverty
   in the province. He said religious beliefs were protected by law and
   ethnic minority languages were taught in schools and widely used in
   social and public forums.
   

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