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Demonstration in Vienna against persecution of Uighurs
10:14 December 23, 2019 AA
People take part in a demonstration against China's persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang, in Vienna, Austria on December 22, 2019. China's Xinjiang region is home to around 10 million Uighurs. The Turkic Muslim group, which makes up around 45% of Xinjiang's population, has long accused China's authorities of cultural, religious and economic discrimination. Up to one million people, or about 7% of the Muslim population in Xinjiang, have been incarcerated in an expanding network of “political re-education” camps, according to U.S. officials and UN experts. In a report last September, Human Rights Watch accused the Chinese government of carrying out a “systematic campaign of human rights violations” against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.