China’s Uighurs: State defends internment camps
China dismisses efforts to end mass detention of the Uighur ethnic group.
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At first, they denied their existence.
But now, China‘s government is vigorously defending a detention programme in the far western province of Xinjiang.
It’s facing mounting international criticism over reports that up to a million Muslim men and women are being held in so-called re-education camps.
Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Kashgar.
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Published On 7 Nov 2018