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Newsnight has found that Uighur people in the Middle East have been targeted by nations including Saudi Arabia, in apparent cooperation with China鈥檚 notorious crackdown on the ethnic minority.
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Uighur pilgrims and students in Saudi Arabia have been detained and forcibly deported back to China where they are understood to be placed into the county鈥檚 notorious 鈥榬e-education鈥� camps.
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Besides deportations, activists estimate that hundreds of Uighurs have been pressured by Chinese authorities to return from abroad countries by threats and long imprisonments of family members back home.
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China and Saudi Arabia have denied the targeting of Uighurs in this manner.

The Chinese Embasssy told Newsnight:

The claims are 鈥渂ased on fabricated rumours鈥�. 鈥淚n China, the rule of law guarantees citizens鈥� personal freedom and right to leave and enter the country.鈥� They added that 鈥淐hina has never pressed other countries鈥� [to] forcibly deport people to China鈥�. They emphasised that 鈥渢here is no so-called re-education camp in Xinjiang鈥�. The 鈥渢raining centres [are] established in accordance with [the] law鈥�.

The Saudi Embassy said:

鈥淭he Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fully complies with international norms and Saudi law when cooperating with other countries on issues such as deportation". "Saudi Arabia considers all deportations on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the nature and seriousness of any violation and paying no heed to a person鈥檚 race or religion.鈥�

The Egyptian and Emirati embassies did not respond to our requests for comment.

Emir Nader reports and this film was produced by Maria Polachowska.

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