There are about 12 million Uyghurs in China, concentrated in the northwestern Xinjiang province. Since 2017, they and other Muslim minorities have been subjected to a state campaign of mass detention, surveillance, forced labour, and, according to some accounts, sterilisation, torture and rape. China routinely denies all human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and says its camps are vocational centres designed to combat extremism.
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Daniel Dias: History's greatest para-swimmer
Thu Aug 26 , 2021
Daniel Dias was the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Paralympics after winning 24 medals between 2008 and 2016. He’s already added to his tally in Tokyo, despite recent changes to race classifications. Daniel spoke to the BBC ahead of the contest in Japan that he says will […]

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