Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabias crown prince, on Friday defended Chinas use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijings right.
"China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security, Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies, was quoted as saying on Chinese state television.
Xi Jinping, Chinas leader, told the crown prince the two countries must strengthen international cooperation on de-radicalisation to prevent the infiltration and spread of extremist thinking.
China has detained an estimated one million Uighur Muslims in concentration camps, where they are undergoing re-education programmes allegedly intended to combat extremism.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/22/saudi-crown-prince-defends-chinas-right-put-uighur-muslims-concentration/
The good news is they won't need to worry about our President having or expressing even the slightest concern for the human rights abuses the Chinese are engaging in.
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)credibility.
procon
(15,805 posts)dlk
(11,435 posts)Brutal dictators stick together.
MaryMagdaline
(6,849 posts)Igel
(35,197 posts)it gives his word a bit of importance in how China deals with Muslims.
(And while there's Sa'udi support for China, I haven't heard Erdogan or Maduro making any great ruckus. Authoritarians tend to stick together, as long as they're not in open competition.)