中国は100万人のウイグル族拘留を否定

China has said reports it is holding a million Muslim Uighurs in detention in Xinjiang are "completely untrue".

Uighurs enjoyed full rights but "those deceived by religious extremism... shall be assisted by resettlement and re-education", officials said.

The rare admission from Beijing - at a UN meeting in Geneva - came in response to concerns that the region "resembles a massive internment camp".

Xinjiang has seen intermittent violence - followed by crackdowns - for years.

China accuses Islamist militants and separatists of orchestrating the trouble.