Pompeo slams China for curtailing Uyghurs' religious freedom; compares it to Nazi Germany

Amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently criticised China over curtailing religious freedom of Uyghurs. While speaking to Rob Schmitt of ‘Wake Up America’, Pompeo slammed China for treating a million of Uyghur Muslims in ways that are just “devastatingly b”. US official also equated treatment of mirity community in China with Nazi’s Germany ethnic cleansing of Jews in 1930s. 

Pompeo said, “China, which is devastatingly b, y’re treating a million of Uyghur Muslims in ways that are just absolutely devastating, things we haven’t seen since Germany in 1930s”. 

Recently, various reports have surfaced which revealed that Beijing has in fact intensified its operations against Uyghurs by putting more people in internment camps during pandemic times. Uyghur Muslims in Chinese “re-education” camps are also reportedly being forced to eat port every Friday. Several international human rights activists and nations have condemned China's actions. 

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Pompeo calls religious freedom ‘fundamental right’

While answering to a question of Schmitt regarding effects of coronavirus on churches, synagogues, worship places and how repressive regimes like China is using situation to ir benefit in supporting Uyghurs, Pompeo upheld religious freedom as one of fundamental rights. He said that he is incredibly proud of work his country has done on religious freedom. He ded that it is “most fundamental right, human right that- from which all or flow”. 

He said, “If you get religious freedom rights and tolerance for people of faith, so many good things happen in your country. So we’ve worked on this - is so we’ve worked hard on religious freedom”. 

Furr, Pompeo also rued fact that leers across world are opening bars and casis but places of worship were still t permitted to open. He said that it is “very discouraging” to see leers use an excuse of coronavirus to allow bars and casis to be open, but t permit places of worship, people to gar around ir faith. 

(With inputs from ANI) 

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