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In China's Xinjiang, forced medication accompanies lockdown

by Associated Press
| August 30, 2020 10:03 PM

BEIJING (AP) — The government in China's far northwest Xinjiang region is resorting to draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including spraying detainees with acidic disinfectant, physically locking residents in homes, imposing strict quarantines of more than 40 days and arresting those who do not comply.

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