Pompeo Blasts China Over Uyghur Muslims During Vatican Visit

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends the launch of a Vatican-U.S. Symposium on Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs), at the Old Synod Hall in the Vatican, on Oct. 2, 2019. Andreas Solaro/Pool via Reuters

VATICAN CITY–U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Oct. 2 blasted China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims during a Vatican conference.

Pompeo reserved his toughest criticism for China in a keynote speech at a Vatican conference on religious freedom. The others were Cuba, Iran, Pakistan and Burma.