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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

‘I was tortured in a Chinese detention camp for Uyghurs. Starmer’s approval of a new embassy is a betrayal’

A woman who was tortured in one of China’s notorious Uyghur detention camps has launched a blistering attack on Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of “disrespecting human rights” by approving plans for a Chinese mega-embassy in London.

Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh who says she witnessed serious abuses when she was forced to work in one of China’s Xinjiang internment camps, accused the British prime minister of prioritising economic and political gain over international law.

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