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Chinese Uighur Muslims are being persecuted and detained in large camps in total international silence

     Almost 2 millions from China's Uighur Muslims are being detained in large camps in Xinjiang province. The surprising fact is the almost total international silence. Leaders of Pakistan and Indonesia, neighbouring countries of China, said they were not aware of the situation in the western Chinese province.     There are approximately 11 millions Uighur in Xinjiang. The city is filled with surveillance cameras, tracking every movement of the local population, in a schema much similar to George Orwell's 1984 essay. Every transaction, every step, every interaction, and every face are closely monitored by local police, aided by machine learning software developed by Chinese startups (some of which are funded by international Big Tech players)     Sweden is the only country, until this moment, to grant the refuge status to asylum seekers from the Uighur minority. Other european countries are aware of the situation in Xinjiang and could follow Sw...