{"id":4509,"date":"2018-11-18T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/11\/18\/china-uighurs-all-you-need-know-muslim-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2018-11-18T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:46:34","slug":"china-uighurs-all-you-need-know-muslim-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/china-uighurs-all-you-need-know-muslim-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"China Uighurs: All you need to know on Muslim ‘crackdown’"},"content":{"rendered":"

China is facing growing criticism over its persecution of some Muslim minority groups, huge numbers of whom are allegedly being held in internment camps.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August 2018, a UN committee heard that up to one million Uighur Muslims and other Muslim groups could be being detained in the western Xinjiang region, where they’re said to be undergoing “re-education” programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The claims were made by rights groups, but China denies the allegations. At the same time, there’s growing evidence of oppressive surveillance against people living in Xinjiang.<\/span><\/p>\n

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