U.S. should reject 'prejudice' on China religious rights: state media
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  • 07:26 20 July 2019

U.S. should reject 'prejudice' on China religious rights: state media

The United States should reject “prejudice” and respect facts instead of vilifying China’s record on religious rights, the Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said on Saturday after fresh criticism of China’s treatment of ethnic Muslims.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo branded China’s treatment of its Uighur minority in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang the “stain of the century” on Thursday. He also accused Beijing of pressuring countries not to attend a U.S.-hosted conference on religious freedom.

Beijing has been accused of persecuting Uighurs, with at least a million believed to be detained in what China insists are vocational centers aimed at reducing the spread of extremism.

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