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World News - Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang - WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a new report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjian.
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