{"id":4347,"date":"2018-10-31T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/31\/uk-confirms-reports-chinese-mass-internment-camps-uighur-muslims\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:23:57","slug":"uk-confirms-reports-chinese-mass-internment-camps-uighur-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/uk-confirms-reports-chinese-mass-internment-camps-uighur-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"UK confirms reports of Chinese mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

British diplomats who visited Xinjiang have confirmed that reports of mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims were \u201cbroadly true\u201d, the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt<\/a>, has told parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beijing faces mounting international criticism over its policies in Xinjiang, a far-western territory of China where researchers believe an estimated 1 million members of Muslim minorities have been detained<\/a> in a network of camps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunt told parliament on Tuesday that diplomats had visited Xinjiang<\/a> in August and \u201cconcur that those reports are broadly accurate\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

His comment puts pressure on Beijing before a UN human rights panel that will on 6 November review China\u2019s human rights record. The UK, the US, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Norway, Germany <\/span>and<\/span> Belgium have asked about Xinjiang in questions submitted for China<\/a> ahead of the process known as the universal periodic review (UPR).<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunt said he had raised the issue with his Chinese counterpart, the foreign minister, Wang Yi, on a trip in July. \u201cWe continue to be extremely concerned about what is happening,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA senior cabinet member raising the issue in parliament sends a message to China that the UK is serious about what\u2019s happening in Xinjiang and China will likely hear more at the UPR,\u201d said Frances Eve, a researcher at Chinese Human Rights Defenders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahead of the panel, China has ramped up its <\/span>defence<\/span> of the camps, where ex-detainees have said they were abused, forced to learn Mandarin, as well as undergo political indoctrination<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After denying their existence, China has begun acknowledging them but described the camps as vocational training <\/span>centres<\/span> that embody the \u201chumane management and care<\/a>\u201d of a campaign in the name of counter-terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: The Guardian<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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