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Hi, I`m Carl Azuz, first question we`re exploring today on CNN 10. 

Is China`s government holding masses of Chinese Muslims in concentration camps? 

That`s what a U.S. defense official recently announced in a news briefing. 

The Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim ethnic group and millions of them live in China. 

Historically they have not had a great relationship with the Chinese government and in recent years the Chinese government has detained large numbers of Uyghurs, the U.S. says as many as 3 million of them in massive camps. 

Uyghurs who`ve been released from these camps say they`re like prisons aimed at getting rid of Uyghur culture and religion and instilling it with propaganda from China`s communist government. 

That government has repeatedly denied holding large amounts of Uyghur citizens. 

China says it has set up what it calls training centers that are necessary to prevent terrorism. 

And a Chinese government run newspaper says the nation`s Shin Jong region where many Uyghurs live has been quote "shielded from the flow of international terrorism" like the attack that occurred recently in Sri Lanka. 

A Chinese government official suggested that the U.S. abandon bias and quote "stop interfering in China`s domestic affairs." But an investigation by the Guardian, a British newspaper, suggested that China has destroyed dozens of mosques since 2016 and while China`s government officially recognizes five religions including Islam, that government is also officially atheist. 

And according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American non-profit research group, China`s government exercises control over religion. 

Christian pastors for example have to undergo training to make sure they`re sermons are adapted to communist party guidelines. 

Reporting on the struggles of Uyghurs has challenges all its own. China doesn`t have the same freedom of the press as America does so American reporters there have found plenty of obstacles in their investigations.