The UN is calling on China to 'immediately release' one million Muslim Uighurs who may be held in detention centers

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August 31, 2018 5:46 AM

The human-rights committee also called out China on allegations of racial and ethnic profiling, gathering biometric data, and placing travel restrictions disproportionately on members of the Uighur community.

The United Nations has called on China to end the detention of up to one million Uighurs in the far western Xinjiang province.
The committee also called out China's practice of racial and ethnic profiling and heavy-handed restrictions that disproportionately target the Uighur community.
Xinjiang has become one of the

The United Nations has called on China to end the detention of what it has cited as "

The committee also called out China's practice of racial and ethnic profiling and heavy-handed restrictions that disproportionately target the Uighur community.

China has not denied the existence of the detention centers. It says the centers are part of a broader counter-terrorism and does not target a

has become one of the most intrusive police states in the world.

40,000 facial-recognition cameras began collecting DNA samples

Recent reports indicate the Chinese government's surveillance efforts extend beyond its borders.

Beijing allegedly maintains a global registry of the Uighur Muslim citizens who live outside the country.

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