China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event hosted by Germany, U.S. and the UK
"It is a politically-motivated event," China's U.N. mission wrote in a note. "We request your mission NOT to participate in this anti-China event."
A protester outside the White House urges the United States to take action to stop China's oppression of the Uighurs, on August 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a note seen by Reuters on Friday. China charged that the organizers of the event, which also include several other European states along with Australia and Canada, use "human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs like Xinjiang, to create division and turbulence and disrupt China's development."
The aim of the event is to "discuss how the U.N. system, member states and civil society can support and advocate for the human rights of members of ethnic Turkic communities in Xinjiang," according to an invitation.
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