China slams Britain’s comments on Uighurs as ‘slander’
20 July 2020 |
3:29 pm
China hits back at comments by Britain's foreign minister that accused Beijing of "gross, egregious human rights abuses" against ethnic and religious minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang. Rights groups and experts estimate that more than one million ethnic Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up into a network of internment camps, which China says are facilities for job-training and to steer people away from extremism.
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