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Rights group reports 43 'disappeared' Uighurs

By Kathrin Hille in Beijing

Published: October 21 2009 03:00 | Last updated: October 21 2009 03:00

China has refused to disclose the whereabouts of dozens of Uighur men who "disappeared" after July riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, according to Human Rights Watch , with the fate of hundreds more unaccounted for.

In a report today, the human rights group identified 43 missing Uighurs detained after the riots and said many more members of the Muslim ethnic minority might have been taken away by the authorities.

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