Saudi crown prince defends China's right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps

[BadGimp]

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”.

"China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies, was quoted as saying on Chinese state television.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, told the crown prince the two countries must strengthen international cooperation on de-radicalisation to “prevent the infiltration and spread of extremist thinking”.

China has detained an estimated one million Uighur Muslims in concentration camps, where they are undergoing re-education programmes allegedly intended to combat extremism.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/22/saudi-crown-prince-defends-chinas-right-put-uighur-muslims-concentration/

The good news is they won't need to worry about our President having or expressing even the slightest concern for the human rights abuses the Chinese are engaging in.

[dalton99a]

1. In return, China's leader defends Saudi crown prince's right to dismember dissidents

[Downtown Hound]

2. Never underestimate the power of $10 billion

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-saudi-china/saudi-arabia-strikes-10-billion-china-deal-talks-de-radicalisation-with-xi-idUSKCN1QB15H

[BlueMTexpat]

3. This murderer has NO

credibility.

[procon]

4. Another on of Trump's pals. nt

[dlk]

5. Of Course They Do-Fascism Begets Fascism

Brutal dictators stick together.

[MaryMagdaline]

6. Disgusting

[Igel]

7. At the same time, as guardian of Mecca

it gives his word a bit of importance in how China deals with Muslims.

(And while there's Sa'udi support for China, I haven't heard Erdogan or Maduro making any great ruckus. Authoritarians tend to stick together, as long as they're not in open competition.)

[Marcuse]

8. No tariff on bone saws.