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11:30pm, 3rd May, 2019

China putting minority Muslims in 'concentration camps,' U.S. says

The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in "concentration camps," in some of the strongest U.S. condemnation to date of what it calls Beijing's mass detention of mostly Muslim Uighur minorit...

Greek minister urges migrants to leave border, return to camps

4:37am, 5th April, 2019

World

Greek minister urges migrants to leave border, return to camps

Greece on Friday urged hundreds of migrants and refugees who have gathered in a field close to the country's northern border to return to their housing settlements, otherwise they could face sanctions.

Kazakhstan puts campaigner against Chinese camps under house arrest

1:17am, 12th March, 2019

World

Kazakhstan puts campaigner against Chinese camps under house arrest

A Kazakh court has placed an activist who campaigned on behalf of ethnic Kazakhs in China under house arrest on the charge of calling for a "jihad" against the Chinese, state prosecutors said.

India says carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

1:14am, 26th February, 2019

World

India says carried out air strike on 'terror camps' inside Pakistan

Indian jets crossed into Pakistani territory on Tuesday, conducting what one minister said was an air strike on "terror camps", dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors who have fought three wars against each other.

A year on, Rohingya still fleeing Myanmar for crowded camps

10:07pm, 22nd August, 2018

World

A year on, Rohingya still fleeing Myanmar for crowded camps

Hamida Begum fled her home in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh about two months ago with her husband, two-year-old son, and three-month-old baby. In the weeks before she left, her husband almost never slept at home out of fear of being arrested.

Rain abates in India's flood-hit Kerala, fears of disease in camps

4:20am, 19th August, 2018

World

Rain abates in India's flood-hit Kerala, fears of disease in camps

A deluge in India's flood-stricken southwestern state of Kerala finally let up on Sunday, giving some respite for thousands of marooned families, while authorities feared an outbreak of disease among two million people crammed into relief camps.

China rejects allegations of detaining million Uighurs in camps in Xinjiang

11:25pm, 13th August, 2018

World

China rejects allegations of detaining million Uighurs in camps in Xinjiang

China rejected on Monday allegations raised by a U.N. panel that 1 million Uighurs may be held in internment camps in the restive Xinjiang region, but said that some people underwent re-education after being deceived by extremists.

U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps

4:00pm, 10th August, 2018

World

U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps

A U.N. human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a "massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy".

No more 'internment camps': Democrats disrupt congressional hearing

11:41am, 19th June, 2018

Politics

No more 'internment camps': Democrats disrupt congressional hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Decrying "internment camps," Democrats and their supporters disrupted a high-profile U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday with a dramatic protest against the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrant...

No more 'internment camps': U.S. Democrats disrupt congressional hearing

11:10am, 19th June, 2018

Politics

No more 'internment camps': U.S. Democrats disrupt congressional hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Decrying "internment camps," Democrats and their supporters disrupted a high-profile U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday with a dramatic protest against the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrant...