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“Uighur Women” by Sean Chiu is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

The Coronavirus Brings Added Concern For Uighur Muslims

April 23, 2020

More than 200,000 Uigher Muslims from northwest China have been forced into re-education camps (akin to concentration camps), where they experience forced labor, political indoctrination and even torture. These groups are now at high risk for Covid-19 due to overcrowding and poor ventilation in the camps.

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Tags COVID-19, Coronavirus, muslim, Uighur Muslim, indoctrination, China, Boston, government, Refugees, COVID
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