China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uighurs

Beijing's mission asks other members not to attend, with Human Rights Watch saying it continues pattern of trying to bully governments into silence'

China is trying to convince UN member states to boycott an event planned next week by Germany, the US and Britain on the repression of Uighur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang, according to a note seen by Reuters on Friday.

China charged that the organisers, who include several other European states along with Australia and Canada, use human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs like Xinjiang, to create division and turbulence and disrupt China's development".