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Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang

by Karishma Bhuiyan and Andrew Fang | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang, about one in 17. According to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a...

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