FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region. China describes the camps as vocational training centers and says participation is voluntary. China maintains a massive security presence in Xinjiang and efforts to independently verify claims by Uighur activists are routinely blocked. The new report said “law-based de-radicalization” in Xinjiang has curbed the rise and spread of religious extremism. Despite the region’s religious, linguistic and cultural differences with the rest of country, China says Xinjiang has been Chinese territory since ancient times.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2019 05:19 UTC