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Top British Official Rips China Over Uyghur Treatment: ‘Deeply, Deeply Troubling’

Tim Pearce
Top British Official Rips China Over Uyghur Treatment: ‘Deeply, Deeply Troubling’
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accused China of inflicting human rights abuses against ethnic minorities as the British government ramps up its anti-China rhetoric.

Raab’s strong remarks came in a Sunday interview with the BBC. Days earlier, the British government announced that it was severing ties with the Chinese state-owned telecoms giant Huawei, which the U.K. hired in January to help build the country’s 5G infrastructure.

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