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August 14, 2018

China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told

Source: BBC World
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-china-45147972

UN human rights committee has heard there are credible reports that China is holding a million Uighurs in "counter-extremism centres

What is Beijing accused of?

The World Uyghur Congress said in its report that detainees are held indefinitely without charge, and forced to shout Communist Party slogans.

It said they are poorly fed, and reports of torture are widespread.

Most inmates have never been charged with a crime, it is claimed, and do not receive legal representation.

China is said to carry out the detentions under the guise of combating religious extremism.



August 13, 2018

China has prevented 'great tragedy' in Xinjiang, state-run paper says

Source: Reuters

A U.N. human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy".

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1KY01B

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