BBC News published this video item, entitled “VW defends Chinese car plant despite international concern over Uighur detentions – BBC News” – below is their description.
A senior Volkswagen executive has defended the company’s decision to continue operating a car plant in Xinjiang – a region of China under fierce scrutiny due to the treatment of the Uighur ethnic minority there. The United Nations estimates that at least one million Uighurs have been detained in a network of detention camps – and there are widespread allegations of forced sterilisation, forced labour and torture occurring in the province. Mounting international concern has led some multinational companies to cut ties with the region. But Volkswagen has told the BBC that there is so far no evidence that any of their employees have been through the camps. Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by China correspondent John Sudworth.
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