Since 2000 andnine, Chinahaslaunched a people's waronterrorinXinjiang.
Totacklesocalledreligiousextremism, governmentbegantosuppressweakeridentityandhumanrights, claimingthatviolentincidentslikethebombingof a trainstationin a roomkeyin 2014 wasevidenceofwidespreadIslamistseparatism.
Todayit's believedover a millionethnicweekEr's andotherMuslimgroupsaredetainedincampsacrosstheregioneffectivelyprisonsthattheChinesestatedefineshisreeducationcampstheysaytackleterrorismonalleviatepovertyintheregion.
Formerdetaineesallegethatthoseinsidehavefacedtortureiftheyrefusedtorenouncetheirlanguageandreligion, a claimwhichChinadenies.
ShewasnodesiretolearnalltherushCarnival, British.
I'm nevergonnalocatedinthebabygetHumanrightsorganizationshavecalledthepursuitofleakersabroad a majorconcern.
Andwenowknowpeoplewhohavegonetwoandthreeandfourinsomecasesmawryearswithnoinformationaboutwhat's happenedtotheirfamilymembers, whichis a terrifyingphenomenon, andit's a veryeffectivewayofcontrollingpeopleinsideandoutsidethecountry.
Formorethan a year, I'vebeenspeakingwithweakerMuslimswhohaveidentified a patternofweekisintheMiddleEastwhotheysayhavebeentargetedbylocalauthoritiesincollaborationwiththeChinesegovernmentinSaudiArabia, Egypt, the A onothercountries, we'veheardstoriesofweakerstudentsandpilgrimsarrestedondeported.
It's veryhardtoconfirmbecausepeopleafraidpeopleafraid s SowhyaretheseMuslimledcountriesapparentlycollaboratinginChina's crackdownontheweakerpeople.
InFebruaryoflastyear, CrownPrinceMohammedbinSalmanmade a visittohiscountry's biggesttradingpartner, China.
Therehesigned $28 billionworthofagreements, including a $10 billiondealtobuildanoilrefinerycomplexinChina.
Duringthetrip, binSalmanwasreportedbyChinesestatemediatohavetoldhishostsChinahastherighttocarryoutantiterrorismand D extremismworkforitsnationalsecurity.
Then, inJuly, 50 nationsdefendedChina's policyinXinjiangin a letterthatclaimedpeopletherenowenjoy a strongersenseofhappiness, fulfillmentandsecurityhere.
AndtoreturnleaderstoChinaatthispointintimeisreallytoviolateoneofthemostfundamentaltenetsofinternationalhumanrightslaw, whichisnottosendpeoplebackto a placewheretheyhave a wellfoundedfearofpersecution.