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Re:Drink Poison and Smile: How I Arrived at My Position of P... by deogeo on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:33AM (#20836366)
> are the Uyghur Muslims treated worse than immigrants in many western places like US / EU / AUS?

For one, the Uyghur are not immigrants. As bad as you may think immigrants are treated in US/EU/AUS, China wouldn't even let them in in the first place.

Also given that China has to actively prevent the Uyghur from leaving, while the West has to prevent immigrants from entering, should tell you who's treated worse.

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Re:Drink Poison and Smile: How I Arrived at My Position of P... by askmike on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:54AM (#20836443)
See my other comments, I shouldn't have picked immigrants as an example. There are many other example minority groups.

> Also given that China has to actively prevent the Uyghur from leaving, while the West has to prevent immigrants from entering, should tell you who's treated worse.

I'm no expert on the matter, but a source on the top of Google says it's just as bad in the US ( https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrants-free-leave-dete... ): Immigrants in "detention camps" near the US border are not allowed to leave either.

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