BCN-03 World Bank ends funding to controversial Uighur schools in China

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World Bank ends funding to controversial Uighur schools in China

WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The World Bank announced on Monday it was ending a project to fund vocational schools in China following allegations of mistreatment of minority Muslim Uighurs.

“The project component that involves the partner schools in Xinjiang is being closed,” the World Bank said in a statement, adding that a review “did not substantiate the allegations” of mistreatment of Uighurs who rights groups say are being tortured and forced to renounce their religion at the schools, which have been turned into internment camps.

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