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| A Chinese state media outlet has called overseas reports on China’s mass detainment of Uighur Muslims in internment camps “fake news” and published in-depth denials of eight “rumours” on the 10th anniversary of the Urumqi riots. “Despite China’s efforts to tell what is really happening in Xinjiang, some western media and politicians insist on making and spreading fake news,” said an editorial in the Global Times, a tabloid run by the official newspaper of the Chinese communist party the People’s Daily. | A Chinese state media outlet has called overseas reports on China’s mass detainment of Uighur Muslims in internment camps “fake news” and published in-depth denials of eight “rumours” on the 10th anniversary of the Urumqi riots. “Despite China’s efforts to tell what is really happening in Xinjiang, some western media and politicians insist on making and spreading fake news,” said an editorial in the Global Times, a tabloid run by the official newspaper of the Chinese communist party the People’s Daily. |
| Beijing has faced increasing criticism for its treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority ethnic group living in Xinjiang, a far western region of China. An estimated 1 million Muslims are currently held in detention camps in Xinjiang as part of a sweeping crackdown on the rights of the minority group. | Beijing has faced increasing criticism for its treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority ethnic group living in Xinjiang, a far western region of China. An estimated 1 million Muslims are currently held in detention camps in Xinjiang as part of a sweeping crackdown on the rights of the minority group. |
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| The authorities dispute this and call the camps “vocational training centres”, saying those detained within them are taught language, culture and vocational skills. | The authorities dispute this and call the camps “vocational training centres”, saying those detained within them are taught language, culture and vocational skills. |
| The editorial in the Global Times addressed treatment of Uighurs and the riots in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, in 2009 in which at least 140 people were killed and 828 injured. Many Uighurs say the riots precipitated the increasing oppression of Muslims in the region. | The editorial in the Global Times addressed treatment of Uighurs and the riots in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, in 2009 in which at least 140 people were killed and 828 injured. Many Uighurs say the riots precipitated the increasing oppression of Muslims in the region. |
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| The editorial published just after midnight denies that Uighurs are being targeted and mistreated, that the state is looking to wipe out their history and culture, and that they were sent to “vocational training centres”, for being Muslim. It also denied there were a million people being held as these centres, and said the camps were there for “counter terrorism and de-radicalisation efforts,” and the centres exist to “nip terrorist activities in the bud.” | The editorial published just after midnight denies that Uighurs are being targeted and mistreated, that the state is looking to wipe out their history and culture, and that they were sent to “vocational training centres”, for being Muslim. It also denied there were a million people being held as these centres, and said the camps were there for “counter terrorism and de-radicalisation efforts,” and the centres exist to “nip terrorist activities in the bud.” |
| The editorial came as the BBC reported that China was deliberately separating Muslim children from their families and that a rapid, large-scale campaign to build boarding schools, where Uighur children are raised whose parents have been detained in the camps, was under way.China has in recent weeks invited media outlets to view these camps, but have tightly controlled their access to the facilities and detainees. The country initially denied the existence of the camps in Xinjiang, which is home to about 12 million Muslims. | The editorial came as the BBC reported that China was deliberately separating Muslim children from their families and that a rapid, large-scale campaign to build boarding schools, where Uighur children are raised whose parents have been detained in the camps, was under way.China has in recent weeks invited media outlets to view these camps, but have tightly controlled their access to the facilities and detainees. The country initially denied the existence of the camps in Xinjiang, which is home to about 12 million Muslims. |
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