US urges world not to repatriate Uighurs

Updated September 23 2019 - 3:28am, first published 3:25am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called China's campaign against the Uighurs "repressive".
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called China's campaign against the Uighurs "repressive".

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on all countries to resist China's demands to repatriate ethnic Uighurs, saying Beijing's campaign in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang is an "attempt to erase its own citizens".

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