Uighur Muslims: Amnesty International condemns China’s ruthless detention campaign

China is forcibly taking the children of exiled Uighur Muslims and putting them into state orphanages, Amnesty report reveals.

China has forcibly separated Uighur Muslim families by holding children in state orphanages, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

The human rights group said children as young as five are forbidden from reuniting with their exiled parents.

Many Uighurs left their children with relatives when they fled the country for fear of persecution by the state.

Amnesty’s china researcher Alkan Akad said these parents are in an ‘impossible situation.’

‘Children are not allowed to leave, but their parents face persecution and arbitrary detention if they attempt to return home to care for them,’ he said.

The organization claims that one million Uighur’s have been held in mass detention facilities in Xinjiang province since 2017.

Beijing insists these are ‘re-education’ centres, but Western observers say they amount to political indoctrination, forced labour and torture.