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U.S. Lawmakers Call for Probe Into Uyghur Detentions

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith have sent a letter urging Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to launch an investigation into the reported mass detention of Uyghurs in political re-education camps, and into widespread surveillance and rights repression in Xinjiang. At The Washington Post, Simon Denyer reports, noting a subsequent response statement from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing: Rubio and Smith cite credible media reports that between 500,000