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.
