{"id":4087,"date":"2018-09-30T11:45:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/09\/30\/beijing-blasts-anti-china-forces-claim-million-uighurs-prison-camps\/"},"modified":"2018-09-30T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T11:45:38","slug":"beijing-blasts-anti-china-forces-claim-million-uighurs-prison-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/beijing-blasts-anti-china-forces-claim-million-uighurs-prison-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing blasts &#8216;anti-China forces&#8217; for claim of million Uighurs in prison camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Anti-China forces are behind criticism of policies in the far western region of Xinjiang, the Chinese foreign ministry has <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">claimed,<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> after a UN panel aired accusations that one million&nbsp;<a class=\"u-underline\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2018\/aug\/07\/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear\" name=\"in body link\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; touch-action: manipulation; color: rgb(171, 6, 19); cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s;\">ethnic Uighurs<\/a>&nbsp;may be held in internment camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China has said&nbsp;<a class=\"u-underline\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/xinjiang\" name=\"auto-linked-tag\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; touch-action: manipulation; color: rgb(171, 6, 19); cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s;\">Xinjiang<\/a>&nbsp;faces a serious threat from Islamist militants and separatists who plot attacks and stir up tension between the mostly Muslim Uighur minority who call the region home and the ethnic Han Chinese majority.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\" style=\"float: left; 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position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\" style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5rem; font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; padding: 0.125rem 0.3125rem 0.5em; box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 2.25rem;\">\n<h1 class=\"rich-link__title\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a class=\"rich-link__link\" style=\"background: transparent; touch-action: manipulation; color: inherit; cursor: pointer;\">China denies violating minority rights amid detention claims<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\" style=\"padding-left: 0.3125rem;\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span class=\"inline-arrow-in-circle inline-icon \" style=\"fill: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><svg class=\"inline-arrow-in-circle__svg inline-icon__svg\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\"><path class=\"rich-link__arrow-icon\" d=\"M12 0C5.373 0 0 5.373 0 12s5.373 12 12 12 12-5.373 12-12S18.627 0 12 0m.21 19l-.637-.668 4.888-6.326H4.996v-1.01h11.465l-4.888-6.333.637-.668L19 11.153v.685l-6.79 7.157\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; display: inline-block; height: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.625rem; padding-left: 0.125rem; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(199, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Read more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">During the past two <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">years<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> authorities have dramatically stepped up security and surveillance there, likened by critics to near martial law conditions, with armed police checkpoints, re-education <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">centres<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> mass DNA collection<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(171, 6, 19); font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);\">defamatory<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(171, 6, 19); font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">rumours<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(171, 6, 19); font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246);\"> are futile<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-pullquote element--supporting\" style=\"width: 13.75rem; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.375rem 0.625rem 0.75rem; margin: 0.3125rem 0.625rem 1.5rem -7.5rem; float: left; clear: left; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); position: relative; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline;\">\n<footer style=\"margin-top: 0.0625rem;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><cite class=\"pullquote-cite\" style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5rem; font-family: &quot;Guardian Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; color: rgb(199, 0, 0); display: inline;\">Lu Kan<\/cite><\/span><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">\u201cPeople of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang cherish the current situation of living and working in peace and happiness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China has never officially confirmed the existence of detention <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">centres<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> in Xinjiang, but its treatment of Uighurs, as well as accounts of its use of relatives in&nbsp;<a class=\"u-underline\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/china\" name=\"auto-linked-tag\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; touch-action: manipulation; color: rgb(171, 6, 19); cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 0.0625rem solid rgb(220, 220, 220); transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out 0s;\">China<\/a>&nbsp;as leverage to silence a vocal diaspora, have spurred an international outcry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China officially guarantees freedom of religion but in recent years officials nervous about the possibility of <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">radicalisation<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> and violence have tightened controls in heavily Muslim areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">China\u2019s policy of \u201cSinification\u201d of religion has increasingly alarmed many in other Muslim groups, who fear the government is widening strict curbs in Xinjiang to additional Muslim areas, such as the region of Ningxia and Gansu province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In the crackdown, the government has banned religious education for young people in mosques, ordered that the call to prayer over loudspeakers be silenced in some places, and sought to stamp out what it sees as Arab elements in mosques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-family: &quot;Guardian Text Egyptian Web&quot;, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Source: The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-China forces are behind criticism of policies in the far western region of Xinjiang, the Chinese foreign ministry has claimed, after a UN panel aired accusations that one million&nbsp;ethnic Uighurs&nbsp;may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4087"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}