US says number of Muslim minorities in Chinese internment camps may be 'in the millions'

The U.S. is expressing alarm that China may be detaining "millions" of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in a "worsening crackdown" in the country's inaccessible western region Xinjiang.

US says number of Muslim minorities in Chinese internment camps may be 'in the millions' Uighurs-4-gty-er-180817_hpEmbed_3x2_992

US says number of Muslim minorities in Chinese internment camps may be 'in the millions' Uighurs-4-gty-er-180817_hpEmbed_3x2_992

The new number comes one week after a United Nations panel reported that an estimated 1 million Uighurs are being held in "counterextremism centers" with millions more detained in "reeducation camps for political and cultural indoctrination."
The Uighurs are a majority-Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic group in western China. While the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region has some independence in name, it has increasingly come under strict, police state rule by the Chinese government. The crackdown on Uighur independence goes back to the founding of communist China under Mao Zedong, but analysts say the new surveillance state -- that uses tools like facial recognition technology -- is unprecedented.
The U.S. has voiced its concerns about the situation for weeks now, although critics say it needs to use more than words. Ahead of the State Department's first-ever summit on religious freedom last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote an op-ed about the crackdown on religious freedom in China, as well as other countries like Iran and North Korea.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-number-muslim-minorities-chinese-internment-camps-millions/story?id=57240677

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US says number of Muslim minorities in Chinese internment camps may be 'in the millions'

US says number of Muslim minorities in Chinese internment camps may be 'in the millions'

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