China Demolishes Around 16,000 Mosques: Human Rights Report
An Australia-based human rights report has stated that thousands of mosques have been demolished in the Xinjiang province of China. Reportedly, satellite imagery has indicated that around 16,000 mosques have been destroyed in the past three years. Besides, human rights activists claim that over one million Uighurs and other Muslims, especially Turkic-speaking, have been confined in camps across the northwestern territory.