internment

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Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses against Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority of around 10 million people in the western region of Xinjiang, including the mass use of forced labor in internment camps.

From Reuters

Army internment camp in Louisiana with other enemy aliens from the Axis powers of Japan, Germany and Italy during most of the war.

From Los Angeles Times

Some advocates were outraged by — and threatened to boycott — hearings set up by a 1980 federal commission on Japanese internment, called it a delaying tactic.

From Seattle Times

Earlier this year the US State Department accused Xi's government of genocide against the Uighur people, including the use of internment camps, forced labour and sterilisation.

From BBC

She was frank about her time in an internment camp during the war.

From New York Times