{"id":4091,"date":"2018-09-30T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/09\/30\/pakistan-criticises-china-over-treatment-ethnic-muslims\/"},"modified":"2018-09-30T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T12:11:09","slug":"pakistan-criticises-china-over-treatment-ethnic-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/pakistan-criticises-china-over-treatment-ethnic-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan criticises China over treatment of ethnic Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan has asked China<\/a> to soften restrictions on ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang, one of the first public criticisms from a majority Muslim country over China\u2019s policies in the western territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xinjiang, home to 12 million Muslims, is the site of a government \u201cstrike hard\u201d campaign aimed at countering extremism and other <\/span>behaviour<\/span> Beijing has deemed a security threat. Allegations of human rights abuses and widespread repression in Xinjiang<\/a> have prompted international protest, but few Muslim-majority countries have spoken out.<\/span><\/p>\n