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sl8

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Thu May 26, 2022, 06:48 AM May 2022

'Appalled': World leaders call for action after hacked files detail Uyghur internment camps

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/24/xinjiang-files-investigation-uyghur-internment-camps/9909360002/

'Appalled': World leaders call for action after hacked files detail Uyghur internment camps

Deirdre Shesgreen
USA TODAY
Publushed 5:20 pm ET May 24, 2022 | Updated 2:10 pm ET May 25, 2022

The State Department's top spokesman on Tuesday denounced China's ongoing atrocities against the Uyghur Muslims, citing "jarring" new photos and other evidence published by an international media consortium including USA TODAY.

"We are appalled by the reports and the jarring images" of China's internment camps in Xinjiang, the spokesman, Ned Price, said at the State Department's press briefing Tuesday.

"This new reporting further adds to an already damning body of evidence of the PRC's atrocities in Xinjiang," he said, referring to the People's Republic of China.

His remarks come after USA TODAY and other global media outlets reported on a trove of secret files and photographs that paint a stark picture of China's detention and internment of the Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

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'Appalled': World leaders call for action after hacked files detail Uyghur internment camps (Original Post) sl8 May 2022 OP
Well geez finally . . .. Lovie777 May 2022 #1
The only appalled leaders mentioned were American and European Jose Garcia May 2022 #2
K&R Solly Mack May 2022 #3

Jose Garcia

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2. The only appalled leaders mentioned were American and European
Thu May 26, 2022, 10:52 AM
May 2022

No mention of any majority-Muslim countries. Do they only care about oppressed Muslims when Jews are involved?

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