By Syndicated Content
Jul 29, 2021 | 4:53 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â A bipartisan U.S. congressional commission has called on Hilton Worldwide not to allow its name to be associated with a hotel project on the site of a mosque bulldozed by authorities in Chinaâs Xinjiang region, where Washington says minority Muslims have been victims of genocide.
In a letter on Thursday to Christopher Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jim McGovern raised concerns about reports that a Hampton by Hilton hotel was being constructed on the site of the mosque destroyed in 2018 in Xinjiangâs Hotan prefecture.