Three Uyghur parents who publicly appealed to Beijing to let their children leave China have been accused, without evidence, of child abandonment and terrorism by the Chinese government. In separate statements, all three denied the allegations and called on Chinese authorities to allow their families to reunite. In March, CNN revealed the stories of two Uyghur families torn apart by Beijing’s crackdown in Xinjiang in the country’s far west.

The United States, which has labeled China’s treatment of Uyghurs as “genocide,” says up to two million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities have been sent to internment camps in the region since 2017. Beijing strongly rejects any claims of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and insists that its actions are justified to combat religious extremism and prevent terrorism…

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/23/china/xinjiang-uyghur-family-china-response-intl-hnk/index.html

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