Published: 14th Sep, 2019
Who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?
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Who are the Uyghurs and why is the Chinese government detaining them?
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- The Uyghurs are Turkic-speaking Muslims from the Central Asian region.
- The largest population lives in China’s autonomous Xinjiang region, in the country’s north-west.
- The Uyghurs are one of a number of persecuted Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, including the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz and Hui.
- Many Uyghur communities also live in countries neighbouring China, such as Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, Australia.
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