8 minute read Ethnic Uighurs take part in a march in Brussels, Belgium, 27 April 2018, to urge the European Union to call on China to respect human rights in Xinjiang and close the “re-education centers” where some Uighurs are detained, EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images Human Rights Watch said the “Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Terrorism” has led to the sentencing of more than 250,000 people, mostly Uyghurs and other Muslims, in China’s Xinjiang region. This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 24 February 2021. The Chinese government has i...