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China detains one million Uighurs, UN told

(UTV|COLOMBO) – A United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee has heard there are credible reports that China is holding a million Uighurs in “Counter-extremism centres”.

Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, raised the claims at a two-day UN meeting on China.

She said she was concerned by reports that Beijing had “Turned the Uighur autonomous region into something that resembles a massive internment camp”.

China did not immediately respond.

Its 50-strong delegation said it would address questions on Monday, when the session in Geneva continues.

Beijing has previously denied the existence of such camps.

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