Feroza Aziz, the 17-year old who created a viral video condemning China's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, has expressed doubt over TikTok's claim that the video was deleted by mistake.

Key points: The video claims Uyghurs in China are being put in 'concentration camps'

The video claims Uyghurs in China are being put in 'concentration camps' TikTok has now reinstated both the video and Ms Feroza's account

TikTok has now reinstated both the video and Ms Feroza's account Ms Feroza expressed doubt over TikTok's motives

The video, which was viewed over 1.6 million times, was removed for 50 minutes due to a "human moderation error," according to a statement from Eric Han, who heads TikTok's US content-moderation team. He said the site's guidelines did not preclude the video's content and it had been reinstated.

TikTok also banned Ms Aziz's account for allegedly breaching a policy on terrorist-related material, though it has also now been reactivated.

Asked about TikTok's explanation during a BBC interview, Ms Aziz was sceptical.

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"It just doesn't make sense to me that that's the reason," she said. "I find [TikTok's] statement very doubtful."

Ms Aziz vowed to continue posting videos that draw attention to issues she believes require global attention, listing Kashmir, Afghanistan, Colombia, Venezuela and the treatment of migrants by the US as among her concerns.

"I will talk about it on Twitter, on Instagram, on any platform I have," she said.

"Even on TikTok. I'm not scared of TikTok, even after the suspension."

While Mr Han blamed "human error" on the Uyghur video's deletion, he said Ms Aziz was locked out of her account because an earlier video on a related account featured a photo of Osama bin Laden, which violated policies against imagery related to terrorist figures.

Chinese-owned TikTok has said its data is not subject to Chinese law and that it does not remove content based on "sensitivities related to China".

It looks like a video about eyelashes

Ms Feroza's 40-second video starts off as a tutorial for getting longer eyelashes, but quickly segues into an appeal for viewers to inform themselves on the plight of the Uyghur people, a Muslim minority in China.

"This is another Holocaust, yet no one is talking about it," Ms Aziz says in the video.

China is estimated to have detained up to 1 million minority Muslims Uyghurs in prison-like detention centres. China's government insists the detention sites are "vocational" centres aimed at training and skills development.

It has sharply criticised Western countries that called for an end to mass arbitrary detentions and other abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang region.

TikTok is popular with millions of teens and young adults but several US senators have raised concerns about data collection and censorship on the site of content not in line with the Chinese government's agenda. The US government has reportedly launched a national security review of the site.

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AP/BBC