Rights groups urge UN chief over Uighurs

By Edith M Lederer
Updated September 18 2019 - 9:13am, first published 9:09am
Human rights groups say UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres must act on China's Muslim Uighurs.
Human rights groups say UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres must act on China's Muslim Uighurs.

Five human rights organisations say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should condemn China's detention of more than a million Muslims in the Xinjiang region and call for the immediate closure of government detention camps.

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