China May Be Holding 1 Million Uighurs in Camps, UN Experts Say
Old town of Kashgar in the far western Xinjiang province, China.
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China may be holding as many as one million members of its Muslim Uighur minority in “re-education” camps in its western region of Xinjiang, according to United Nations human rights experts.
Speaking in Geneva on Aug. 10 during the opening session of a two-day review into China’s policies, Gay McDougall, a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, cited “credible reports” that China had turned the western region into “something resembling a massive internment camp, shrouded in secrecy,” according to reports by Associated Press.