Statement adds to rights groups’ recent criticism of mass detentions of the Turkic-speaking minority
Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people as « a great embarrassment for humanity, » adding to rights groups’ recent criticism of mass detentions of the Turkic-speaking minority.
« The systematic assimilation policy of Chinese authorities toward Uighur Turks is a great embarrassment for humanity, » Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement.
The northwest Xinjiang region of China, where most Uighurs live, has been under heavy police surveillance in recent years, after violent inter-ethnic tensions.
