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york-based organisation: Kenneth Roth, the New York-based organisation's executive director, wrote in his letter prefacing the report that China had increased the severity of human rights repression to the worst since the violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement of 1989 . ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 Join Independent Minds For exclusive articles, events and an advertising-free read for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent With an Independent Minds subscription for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Get the best of The Independent Without the ads for just 5.99 6.99 9.99 a month Start your free trial Elsewhere, the report found that In Pakistan, authorities have muzzled dissenting voices of activists and journalists while failing to protect the country's religious minorities, instead pandering to extremist groups, according to The Independent. In Afghanistan, civilians are bearing the brunt of widening armed conflict, with more than 10,000 non-combatants killed or injured during the past year one third of them children. In its World Report 2019, HRW singled out the actions of President Xi Jinping's government as among the biggest setbacks of the past year, though it concluded that globally there were signs of hope in movements against autocratic rule. In central Asian nations such as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, dissenting voices faced extreme levels of repression even as countries tried to open up to new international economic investment. Read more We can't keep ignoring human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims Why aren't Muslim leaders standing up for Uighurs Hundreds surround Chinese embassy over detention of Uighur Muslims Chinese re-education camps run like concentration camps'China refuses human rights visit to Uighur Muslim re-education' camps China has rejected all accusations of systematic abuse towards Muslims, saying its campaign is necessary to root out extremism. On China, Mr Roth drew attention to the rollout of mass surveillance techniques such as face recognition software, the ending of presidential term limits by Xi Jinping and, most critically, the persecution of more than a million Uighur Muslims in re-education camps in the country's northwest Xinjiang region. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.