China expanding its mosque crackdown, rights group says
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The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday. Authorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to large populations…
CHINA has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities for years, said a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Wednesday.
Human Rights Watch said the ‘consolidation’ policy has been implemented in northwestern China.
Authorities have closed mosques in the northern Ningxia region as well as Gansu province, which are home to large populations of Hui Muslims.