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Speaker 1: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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Speaker 1: Bunjelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighal Country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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Speaker 1: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the

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Speaker 1: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.

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Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Friday,

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Speaker 2: the second of September.

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Speaker 3: I'm Zara, I'm Sam. A UN report.

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Speaker 2: Has found China's treatment of wigas maybe a crime against humanity.

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Speaker 2: We're going to tell you everything you need to know

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Speaker 2: in the deep dive, But first Sam, what is making

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Speaker 2: headlines this morning?

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Speaker 3: Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi announced on the first day of

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Speaker 3: the Jobs and Skills Summit that there would be one

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Speaker 3: hundred and eighty thousand fee free TAFE places funded by

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Speaker 3: the Austrailian government next year. The scheme will cost one

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Speaker 3: point one billion dollars and will be funded between the Commonwealth,

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Speaker 3: state and territory governments.

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Speaker 2: The federal president of the Australian Medical Association has said

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Speaker 2: he is puzzled by the National Cabinet's decision to reduce

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Speaker 2: the mandatory COVID nineteen isolation period from seven to five days.

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Speaker 2: Speaking in Canberra this week, Professor Steve Robson called for

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Speaker 2: the health advice informing the decision to be released and

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Speaker 2: dismissed comparisons of COVID nineteen to other illnesses such as

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Speaker 2: the flu.

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Speaker 3: There's some new data from core Logic. They've found that

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Speaker 3: Australian house prices fell by one point six percent in August.

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Speaker 3: It marks the largest monthly decline since nineteen eighty three.

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Speaker 3: The biggest drops were felt in Sydney, which was two

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Speaker 3: interest rates stop rising, and.

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Speaker 2: The good news, the Matildas will begin their two game

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Speaker 2: friendly series against Olympic champions Canada in Brisbane tomorrow. The

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Speaker 2: first game will be played at Suncorp Stadium, while the

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Speaker 2: second will be played at Sydney's newly opened Alliant Stadium

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Speaker 2: on Tuesday night.

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Speaker 3: Just quick heads up, Today's deep Dive contains some pretty

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Speaker 3: disturbing content. If this is not the day to listen

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Speaker 3: to it for you will speak to you again on Monday.

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Speaker 2: So, the United Nations Human Rights Office has released a report,

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Speaker 2: and that report is looking at human rights violations by

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Speaker 2: the Chinese government against the Weiga community and other ethnic minorities.

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Speaker 2: It found credible evidence of serious human rights violations, including torture,

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Speaker 2: and it's concluded that the Chinese government's actions may actually

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Speaker 2: constitute crimes against humanity.

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Speaker 3: This is a big story. What do I need to

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Speaker 2: Okay, So a bit of context. The Shingjang region is

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Speaker 2: a large territory in northwest Chin. It is home to

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Speaker 2: So when we're talking about Wigas, we're talking about this

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Speaker 2: specific ethnic group, but there are also other predominantly Muslim

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Speaker 2: ethnic groups in that region as well. Although the Shinjang

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Speaker 2: is one of China's poorest, and there have long been

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Speaker 2: suggestions of government discrimination against Muslims in that region. In

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Speaker 2: twenty fourteen, the Chinese government launched a campaign called Strike Hard,

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Speaker 2: which it says was to combat terrorism and extremism in

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Speaker 3: So we've known about alleged human rights abuses in this

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Speaker 2: So the investigation was prompted by several public allegations of

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Speaker 2: sexual violence at re education camps.

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Speaker 3: And what did the UN detail in its report?

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Speaker 2: Well, the UN found the laws China used to put

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Speaker 2: they were subjective, and they were discriminatory. China's definition of extremism,

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Speaker 3: So basically, the report found that people are being detained arbitrarily.

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Speaker 2: Well, the Chinese government claimed its re education centers are

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Speaker 2: But people interviewed by the UN said they were forcibly

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Speaker 3: You mentioned before some concerning theme around alleged torture and

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Speaker 2: The report said the experiences that the UN had heard

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Speaker 2: about does amount to torture, things like beatings with electric batterns,

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Speaker 2: prolonged solitary confinement, constant hunger, sleep deprivation, and forced injections.

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Speaker 2: Detainees also said they were not allowed to speak their

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Speaker 2: patriotic songs and this is a quote as loud as possible,

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Speaker 3: What do we know about the treatment of minorities outside

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Speaker 2: Okay, So, something that came up in this report was

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Speaker 2: surveillance in the province of Shingjang using facial recognition, birth

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Speaker 2: control measures including forced IUD placement and the removal of mosques.

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Speaker 2: There were also reports of a home stay program where

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Speaker 2: Chinese government says the program is designed to make friends,

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Speaker 2: the investigation found reports of sexual harassment by officials.

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Speaker 3: This is a lot to take in. Were there any

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Speaker 2: The report called on China to release everyone held arbitrarily

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Speaker 2: and to stop all intimidation. It found that China's legal

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Speaker 2: system was quote deeply problematic, and that it had committed

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Speaker 2: serious human rights violations. It also found the allegations of

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Speaker 2: torture or ill treatment are credible, as are allegations of

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Speaker 2: individual incidents of sexual and gender based violence. The report

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Speaker 2: found these quote may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes

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Speaker 3: And talk me through the Chinese government's response to all

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Speaker 2: Yes, So, the UN included a response from the Chinese

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Speaker 2: government in its report. China says it firmly opposes the

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Speaker 2: publication of this report and said that it's quote based

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Speaker 2: on disinformation and lies, and that its smears and slanders

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Speaker 2: China interferes in China's internal affairs, and then finishes by

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Speaker 2: saying people of all ethnic groups in Qingjang are living

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Speaker 3: It's been notoriously hard for us to get a true

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