A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country's western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Leaked Chinese government documents show details of Xinjiang clampdown: Report

Data from Google Earth spots 500 camps in Xinjiang.

Gravitas: China's worst kept secret: The detention camps of Xinjiang

Turkey’s ambassador to China, Emin Onen, didn’t mince his words this week when he took his Chinese hosts to task for failing to support Turkey’s military campaign against a Kurdish militia in Syria.

Turkey and China tie themselves in knots over Syria and Xinjiang

For the better part of a century, the United States could claim the moral high ground despite allegations of hypocrisy because its policies continuously contradicted its proclaimed propagation of democracy and human rights.

Trump surrenders the West's moral high ground

Ahead Of Crucial Trade Talks With China, The U.S. Has Suddenly Woken Up To China's Treatment Of Uighurs In Xinjiang.

Gravitas: U.S. Wakes Up To China's Atrocities

On Tuesday, Trump administration had blocked the 28 companies yesterday as China has detained over one million in Xinjiang. So, in that matter now the U.S. imposes visa restrictions on some Chinese officials.

Chinese Embassy in Washington: Visa restrictions for some Chinese officials

The United States said Tuesday it would curb visas for Chinese officials until Beijing ends its "repression" of Uighurs and other Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, a day after imposing commercial restrictions.

US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials; demands end to Uighur 'repression'

Beijing on Wednesday decried a United States decision to restrict visas for Chinese officials linked to the repression of Xinjiang Muslims and called on Washington to withdraw the measure.

China slams 'sinister intentions' of US visa curbs on Xinjiang

The U.S. blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations which were involved in abuses against Uighurs in Xinjiang province. 8 Chinese tech companies put on the so-called entity list.

U.S. blacklisted 28 Chinese organisations, involved in abuses against Uighurs

The US Commerce Department announced Monday it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.

US puts 28 Chinese organisations on economic blacklist over Beijing’s brutal crackdown on Uighur Muslim minority

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi revealed the truth about northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, refuting rumours made by anti-China forces about the situation in the remote Chinese region.

What happens in Xinjiang is purely Beijing's internal matter: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi

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Ambassadors from 50 countries to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) have co-signed a letter to the President of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to voice their support for China's position on issues related to its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Earlier on July 12, a number of ambassadors in Geneva sent the joint letter to show their support for China, and as of Friday evening, more ambassadors had joined, Chen Xu, the permanent representative of China to United Nations' Geneva Office, revealed. In the joint letter, the ambassadors commend China for its economic and social progress, effective counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures, and the strong guarantee of human rights.

Ambassadors from 50 countries support China's position on issues related to Xinjiang

Ambassadors of 50 countries have written a letter to the UN Human Rights Council Chief backing China's action in Xinjiang. Watch this video to know more.

50 countries back China on Xinjiang

The far northwestern region of Xinjiang is an "inseparable" part of China despite efforts by extremists to distort history and facts in a bid to split the country, the Chinese government said in a document published late on Sunday.

China says Xinjiang 'inseparable' despite attempts to distort history

While the United Nations has said that at least one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in China, experts believe that neighbouring Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

Pakistan turning blind eye to human rights abuses in Xinjiang

The United States should reject "prejudice" and respect facts instead of vilifying China's record on religious rights, the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily said on Saturday after fresh criticism of China's treatment of ethnic Muslims.

US should reject 'prejudice' on China religious rights: State media

By Abbas Faiz A letter signed in early July by 22 Western countries, including the UK, Australia, Canada and France, raised serious concerns to UN officials about China’s incarceration of Uyghur people in so-called education camps in the country’s Xinjiang region.

China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to defend its record in Xinjiang

China demanded the US on Thursday to stop interfering in its internal affairs, after President Donald Trump met Chinese Uighur and other religious persecution victims at the White House.

Chinese people have freedom of religion, US should stop using issue of religion to interfere: China

Why Countries Turn A Blind Eye To China's Mass Detention Of Uighurs? China seems to be getting away with rights abuse for fun. 37 countries have defended China's track-record in Xinjiang. Some of them are Muslim countries. But the detention of Uighur muslims in 'internment camps' doesn't seem to bother them. Is China's economic might helping it to escape criticism? Does investment matter more than rights or religion? Palki explains.

Gravitas: Uighur camps: 37 countries defend China's human rights abuse

From the expansive dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan, Chinese authorities are selling troubled Xinjiang as a tourist idyll, welcoming travellers even as they send locals to internment camps.

As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists

Ambassadors from 37 countries jointly sent a letter on Friday to the United Nations Human Rights Council, showing their support for China's achievements in protecting human rights in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The diplomats speak highly of China's efforts in combating extremism in Xinjiang, saying there has not been a single terrorist attack in the region over the past three years. They say in the letter that people there are enjoying a stronger sense of "happiness and fulfillment."

37 Nations support China on human rights achievements in joint letter to UN

An official Turkish visit to the troubled north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang to assess reports of a brutal crackdown on the region’s Turkic Muslims could shape Turkey’s challenge to conservative Gulf states’ leadership of the Islamic world and complicate Muslim silence about the most frontal assault on their faith in recent history.

For Turkey, Xinjiang visit amounts to a risky gamble

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