China has built 380 internment camps in Xinjiang, study finds

Construction has continued despite Beijing's claim re-education' system is winding down

China has built nearly 400 internment camps in Xinjiang region, with construction on dozens continuing over the last two years, even as Chinese authorities said their re-education" system was winding down, an Australian thinktank has found.

The network of camps in China's far west, used to detain Uighurs and people from other Muslim minorities, include 14 that are still under construction, according to the latest satellite imaging obtained by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.