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U.N. Calls for Release of Xinjiang Detainees

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued a report that calls on the Chinese government to release all Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities currently being held in extra-legal political re-education camps in Xinjiang. The CERD report follows two days of testimony and submissions by experts, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the World Uyghur Congress, and more, earlier this month, and is part of their periodic review