United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reminded China that its treatment of Uyghurs is still under close watch
. Human rights must be respected even when fighting terrorism, he told Chinese authorities during a visit to last week's billion-dollar Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, according to a UN spokesman.
China has cracked down on its population of Muslim Uyghurs, who are concentrated in the country's far western Xinjiang region. Last year, a US State Department official estimated that at least 800,000 and possibly up to two million people may have been detained in huge"re-education centers.
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