What was in the leaked files on China’s detention of Uighur Muslims?

Officials told to show ‘absolutely no mercy’ in clampdown on ethnic minorities

Uighurs, China,
More than one million Xinjiang natives are thought to have been detained by Chinese authorities
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Leaked documents allegedly shared among Chinese Communist Party officials have laid bare the details of Beijing’s brutal crackdown on ethnic and religious minorities within the country’s borders.

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