{"id":4235,"date":"2018-10-22T18:29:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/22\/china-uighurs-beijing-denies-detaining-one-million\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T18:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:29:45","slug":"china-uighurs-beijing-denies-detaining-one-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/china-uighurs-beijing-denies-detaining-one-million\/","title":{"rendered":"China Uighurs: Beijing denies detaining one million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China has said reports it is holding a million Muslim Uighurs in detention in Xinjiang are “completely untrue”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uighurs enjoyed full rights but “those deceived by religious extremism… shall be assisted by resettlement and re-education”, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rare admission from Beijing – at a UN meeting in Geneva – came in response to concerns that the region “resembles a massive internment camp”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xinjiang has seen intermittent violence – followed by crackdowns – for years.<\/span><\/p>\n

China accuses Islamist militants and separatists of orchestrating the trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n