In a report from @TheWilsonCenter, @Jardine_bradley pointed out that the Chinese intelligence services used the pilgrimage to lure fugitive #Uyghurs residing in Europe, and deport them to #China with the complicity of the #Saudi regime.
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wilsoncenter.org
#HajjIsNotSafe
wilsoncenter.org
It confirmed that the #Saudi authorities had deported at least six #Uyghurs to China in the past four years who were performing the #Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca or entered the country legally, according to the report.
#HajjIsNotSafe
#HajjIsNotSafe
#SaudiArabia appears on #China's list of "suspicious" countries to which the #Uyghurs travel, "and the kingdom has increasingly cooperated with Beijing," according to the American network, @NBCNews.
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nbcnews.com
#HajjIsNotSafe
nbcnews.com
These #Saudi measures against the Uyghurs are attributed to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's pledge to cooperate with #China to fight what China calls "terrorism" and to clearing neighbourhoods where the #Uyghur minority live.
#HajjIsNotSafe
#HajjIsNotSafe
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