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China targets Uighur Muslim imams in Xinjiang crackdown
Relatives of those detained said they were apprehended due to their role as religious leaders. China has imprisoned or detained more than 600 imams and other religious leaders from Uyghur and other Muslim backgrounds since the 2014 crackdown in the Xinjiang region, according to reports, resulting in the death of 18 clerics in detention. The imams were targeted due to their role as religious leaders, preaching and organising group prayers, according to testimonies cited in a report compiled by the Uyghur Human Rights Project Detainees have been charged with "propagating extremism", "gathering a crowd to disturb social order", and "inciting separatism". The UHRP report cited 1,046 clerics

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