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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sravasti Dasgupta

China ‘one of the worst abusers of religious freedom in the world’, says US

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The US State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom has accused China of continued genocide and repression of predominantly Muslim Uyghurs.

The report released by secretary of state Antony Blinken on Thursday blames the Xi Jinping government for using state policy and technology to repress Uyghur Muslims as well as other minorities.

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