internment
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Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses against Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority of around 10 million people in the western region of Xinjiang, including the mass use of forced labor in internment camps.
From Reuters
Army internment camp in Louisiana with other enemy aliens from the Axis powers of Japan, Germany and Italy during most of the war.
From Los Angeles Times
Some advocates were outraged by — and threatened to boycott — hearings set up by a 1980 federal commission on Japanese internment, called it a delaying tactic.
From Seattle Times
Over several years, the group has been subject to a number of human rights abuses within the country, including internment camps, constant surveillance, mass sterilization, and forced labor.
From The Verge
At worst, they expected something like what Japanese-Americans experienced in internment camps on our own West Coast during the same war.
From Salon
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