UNITED NATIONS: The UN says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uighurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China during a recent meeting with the country’s president, Xi Jinping.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday the UN chief told the Chinese leader that “human rights must be fully respected in the fight against terrorism and in the prevention of violent extremism.”
Criticism has grown over China’s internment of Uighurs as well as members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. Last week, Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth wrote a harsh op-ed accusing Guterres of being silent on human rights and failing to speak out publicly on the plight of the Uighurs.
Dujarric called Guterres’ discussions with Xi “very cordial” and “frank.”
UN chief raised plight of Uighurs with China’s president
UN chief raised plight of Uighurs with China’s president
Trump threatens military operation against Colombia, after Venezuela raid
- Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, in an apparent reference to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia’s government, telling reporters that such an operation “sounds good to me.”
“Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, in an apparent reference to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro.
Asked directly whether the US would pursue a military operation against the country, Trump answered, “It sounds good to me.”
The comments came after the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious raid and whisked him to New York to face drug-trafficking charges.
