U.S. Human Rights Committee Says It Has Credible Reports That China Has Detained Over One Million Uighurs In Secret Camps

BBC: China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told

A UN human rights committee has heard there are credible reports that China is holding a million Uighurs in "counter-extremism centres".

Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, raised the claims at a two-day UN meeting on China.

She said she was concerned by reports that Beijing had "turned the Uighur autonomous region into something that resembles a massive internment camp".

China did not immediately respond.

Its 50-strong delegation said it would address questions on Monday, when the session in Geneva continues.

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WNU Editor: The Chinese Communist government has a long history of being brutal against its minorities. They see them as national security threats. This one million number also does not surprise me. The Chinese government has imposed a crackdown on Xinjiang province in the past few years, and they are taking anyone that they see as a threat.

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