Clashes have broken out between Hong Kong police and protesters at a rally in support of China's Uighur minority.
Clashes have broken out between Hong Kong police and protesters at a rally in support of China's Uighur minority.
Police arrested two protesters who were attempting to burn a Chinese flag at the rally on Sunday, which was attended by several hundred people. Riot policemen arrest protesters during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights.Some protesters were holding signs emblazoned with the blue and white flag of the independence movement in the northwestern Chinese territory of Xinjiang.
China has been accused of a mass crackdown against Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, with reports of millions of people being held in heavily secured, prison-like camps.Chinese diplomats have claimed that China holds no political prisoners and insist the centres provide vocational education as a bulwark against religious extremism.
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