Budapest Names Streets at Planned Chinese University After Uyghurs, Hong Kong

Budapest Names Streets at Planned Chinese University After Uyghurs, Hong Kong
Hungary's oldest bridge, the Chain Bridge (Lanchid), over the Danube River in downtown Budapest. In the background stands the Buda Palace. Attila Kisbenedek /AFP/Getty Images
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BUDAPEST—The liberal opposition mayor of Budapest announced on Wednesday he would rename streets in the Hungarian capital near a planned campus of a Chinese university to commemorate alleged human rights abuses by Beijing.

One street will be named after the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, labelled a dangerous separatist by Beijing. Another will be called “Uyghur Martyrs’ Road” after the mainly Muslim ethnic group that Washington and other capitals say has been victim of a Chinese genocide, and a third will be called “Free Hong Kong Road.” A fourth street will be renamed after a Chinese Catholic bishop who was jailed.