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22 UN Ambassadors Condemn Chinese Treatment of Uighurs

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   More than 20 U.N. ambassadors have sent a letter to the human rights
   council in Geneva condemning China's treatment of Uighurs and other
   Muslims in the Xinjiang region.

   U.N. diplomats from 22 mostly European nations along with Australia,
   Canada, Japanand New Zealand signed the letter. The United States has
   not yet signed on.

   The ambassadors express concern about "credible reports of arbitrary
   detention ... as well as widespread surveillance and restrictions,
   particularly targeting Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang."

   They urge China to stop detaining minorities and grant them "freedom of
   movement" within their communities.

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