Beijing facing growing pressure over alleged human rights abuses against minority
So who are the Uighurs? And what sort of evidence lies behind these claims?Download the new Independent Premium appThe Uighur are an ethnic minority group of Muslims living in China’s north-west region of Xinjiang. There are an estimated 11 million Uighurs in the region – almost half of its total population.have been there for hundreds of years and speak a language related to Turkish.
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