US ambassador urges China to respect human rights

By Christopher Bodeen

Published February 27, 2014 5:40pm ET

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US ambassador urges China to respect human rights — Outgoing U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke gestures as he speaks during a farewell press conference held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. Locke was the first Chinese-American ambassador to Beijing and presided over huge growth in economic ties and rise in Chinese visitors to the U.S. as well as a pair of major incidents that had threatened ties between the nations. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool) | Ng Han Guan

BEIJING (AP) — The outgoing U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing on Thursday to respect the rights of peaceful political activists and said Washington was deeply concerned about the fate of a minority scholar charged with separatism.

At his final news conference as ambassador, Gary Locke said that Washington is “very concerned” about the case of Ilham Tohti as well as a recent increase in the arrests of social and legal activists and journalists.

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