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US envoy calls China’s Muslim internment camps ‘horrific,’ wants probeBy Johnson LaiPublished 12:29 pm PDT, Tuesday, March 12, 2019TAIPEI, Taiwan — Describing China’s internment of an estimated 1 million Muslims as a “horrific situation,†a U.S. envoy on religion called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the detentions and for the release of those being held.Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said China has done nothing to assuage concerns from the U.S. and others over the detention of Uighurs, Kazakhs and members of other Muslim minority groups.“We’ve been putting out very clearly that this is a horrific situation that’s taking place in Xinjiang,†Brownback said in a telephone news conference with reporters, referring to the northwestern region that is home to most Chinese Muslims.Read more at: https://www.sfgate.com/world/article/US-envoy-calls-China-s-Muslim-internment-camps-13682831.php
'Pure fabrications': China on Uighur internment camp conditionsXinjiang governor says Uighur camps will gradually disappear if there comes a time that 'society does not need' them.China is running boarding schools not concentration camps in the far western region of Xinjiang, its governor said on Tuesday, as the United States called conditions there "completely unacceptable".At a news conference on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's ceremonial legislature, Xinjiang Governor Shohrat Zakir described extensive reports on conditions in the camps as "pure fabrications".On Tuesday, regional authorities said heavily guarded internment camps for Muslims which China calls vocational training centres will gradually disappear if there comes a time that "society does not need" them.Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/fabrications-china-uighur-internment-camp-conditions-190313070439477.html
Suggest Brownback mind his own business!
