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China Is Very Angry That Congress Pointed Out it Is Committing Massive Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang
China has imprisoned about a million Uighurs and Kazakhs in "reeducation camps" that escapees describe as prisons where their human rights were routinely violated.
‘Prevent Escapes’: Leaked Documents Detail Brutal Reality of China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps for Muslims
“This document is the smoking gun that tells us these vocational training centers are in fact prisons.”
Moscow Is About to Build a Surveillance System to Rival China's Dystopian Nightmare
A court ruling clears the way for the city to install hundreds of thousands of cameras and build a system inspired by the one China uses to surveil Muslims.
Washington Has Blacklisted More Chinese Tech Companies Over Uighur Crackdown
The tech giants join Huawei and other organizations that are effectively barred from doing business with U.S. companies.
Apple Disputes Google’s Claims of a Devastating iPhone Hack
Apple says that Google oversold the nature of the hack and that it quickly fixed the vulnerability.
China Claims Uighurs Were Forced Into Islam
In an effort to fight international criticism, the government claims that history is being distorted and that Uighurs were not originally Muslims by choice.
Why Are Some Muslim Countries Standing in Solidarity With China?
Political power and economic motivations are compelling reasons for Muslim nations to continue their support, despite China's persecution of Uighurs.
Uighur Parents Say China Is Ripping Their Children Away And Brainwashing Them
“I realized that they had likely taken my children to other cities, that the Chinese government took my children away.”
A Muslim Minority Keeps Clashing With the 'China Dream' in the Country's Increasingly Wild West
China blames the 'religious extremism' of the Uighurs for violence in the resource-rich region of Xinjiang, but residents say the real culprit is government-driven migration and economic development that ignores the need for cultural integration.
Suspects' DNA in Deadly Thailand Bombing Turns Out Not to Match Evidence
DNA from two 'foreigners' tie them to explosives found in a Bangkok apartment block, but not to evidence collected at the Hindu Erawan Shrine where 20 people were killed.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, March 3
Russian media says Crimea is safe, bloody Boko Haram attacks, Pakistan's madrassas and Uighurs in China.