Gathered near the European Parliament, some 200 protesters, according to the police, reclamaron "el fin de la represión" in Tibet and the Chinese province of Xinjiang (west), a vast region where the Uighur ethnic group, of Muslim faith, is the majority.
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A few hundred people, mostly Tibetans and members of the Uyghur ethnic group, They demonstrated this Monday in Brussels in defense of the rights of minorities in China, while President Xi Jinping met with European Union officials, confirmed the AFP.
Gathered near the European Parliament, some 200 protesters, according to the police, reclamaron "el fin de la represión" in Tibet and the Chinese province of Xinjiang (west), a vast region where the Uighur ethnic group, of Muslim faith, is the majority.
About fifty protesters, including some women, They shaved their heads to show their solidarity with the more than 120 Tibetans who have immolated themselves with fire or attempted to do so since 2009.
"Los dirigentes europeos deben insistir para que Pekín inicie un diálogo sobre los derechos de las minorías", the president of the Economic and Social Council of the EU declared to the protesters, Henri Malosse, at a time when Xi Jinping, who makes a state visit to Belgium, met briefly with the presidents of the Council, Herman van Rompuy, of the European Parliament, Martin Schultz, and the European Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso.
