China calls Human Rights Watch "full of prejudice" after criticism of Xinjiang policy

Record ID: 1355591

  • Title: China calls Human Rights Watch "full of prejudice" after criticism of Xinjiang policy
  • Date: 10th September 2018
  • Summary: URUMQI, XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2011) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING TOWARDS ID KAH MOSQUE SECURITY CHECK AT MOSQUE ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PRAYING OUTSIDE MOSQUE URUMQI, XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA (FILE - MAY 2, 2014) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF URUMQI SOUTH TRAIN STATION PARAMILITARY STANDING ON GUARD OUTSIDE OF MAIN
  • Embargoed: 24th September 2018 10:31
  • Keywords: Human Rights Watch Geng Shuang Urumqi China Xinjiang Kashgar Uighurs foreign ministry detention
  • Location: BEIJING / KASHGAR AND URUMQI, XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING / KASHGAR AND URUMQI, XINJIANG UIGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0028X1KZ7P
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: China's Foreign Ministry on Monday (September 10) called Human Rights Watch "full of prejudice" after the group released a report saying the Muslim minority in China's Xinjiang region face arbitrary detentions, daily restrictions on religious practice and "forced political indoctrination".
    The ministry's spokesman Geng Shuang declined to give a detailed response to the report but said during a regular briefing that China aims to "promote stability, development, unity and livelihoods", while also cracking down on "ethnic separatism and violent terrorist criminal activities".
    The United Nations human rights panel said in August that China is believed to be holding up to one million ethnic Uighurs in a secretive system of "internment camps" in Xinjiang, in China's far west, where they undergo political education.
    Beijing has denied that such camps are for "political education" and says they are instead vocational training centres, part of government initiatives to bolster economic growth and social mobility in the region.
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