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Sunday, 17 November 2019

Australia's foreign minister labels China's treatment of Uighurs 'disturbing'

Marise Payne repeats calls for China to end arbitrary detention after internal documents reveal Xi Jinping’s call to ‘show no mercy’ in Xinjiang

Australia’s foreign affairs minister has labelled new details of China’s mass internment of Uighurs “disturbing” and reiterated demands for China to end arbitrary detention.

Marise Payne made the statement in response to internal Chinese government documents showing its mass detention of Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang came from directives by Xi Jinping to “show absolutely no mercy” in the “struggle against terrorism, infiltration and separatism”.

Related: China hits back at Australia's foreign minister for highlighting human rights abuses

Related: The world knows what is happening to the Uighurs. Why has it been so slow to act?

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