US denounces reports of rape in Chinese Uighur Muslim Camps

3 years ago

US denounces reports of rape in Chinese Uighur Muslim Camps

The United States has demanded "serious consequences" over reports of systematic rape and torture of women taking place inside China's camps of the Uighur Muslim minority.

The US state department said that it was "deeply disturbed" by the "atrocities". Though China's foreign ministry has strongly denied saying it as  the "false report".

The article published after detailed  investigation has made allegations of mass rape, sexual abuse and torture with the internment camps in China's Xinjiang region.

China has consistently denied allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and said the camps were not detention camps, but rather  "vocational educational and training centres" for re-education.