China Is Expanding Its 'Reeducation' Camps in Xinjiang
- 3 years ago
XINJIANG, CHINA — Recent satellite footage and other evidence show that China is expanding its network of camps in Xinjiang. UN experts and activists say these camps hold at least 1 million people, mostly non-ethnnic Chinese Muslims.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has identified and mapped more than 380 suspected detention facilities in Xinjiang, where mostly Uyghur minorities are being held in a forced assimilation campaign.
The think tank published its findings in a September report entitled "Documenting Xinjiang's Detention System."
The report contradicts claims by Chinese officials that most people sent to detention centers have "returned to society."
Asked at a briefing in Beijing in July of 2019, Reuters reports Xinjiang's vice chairman, Alken Tuniaz, said, "Currently, most people who have received training have already returned to society, returned home."
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has identified and mapped more than 380 suspected detention facilities in Xinjiang, where mostly Uyghur minorities are being held in a forced assimilation campaign.
The think tank published its findings in a September report entitled "Documenting Xinjiang's Detention System."
The report contradicts claims by Chinese officials that most people sent to detention centers have "returned to society."
Asked at a briefing in Beijing in July of 2019, Reuters reports Xinjiang's vice chairman, Alken Tuniaz, said, "Currently, most people who have received training have already returned to society, returned home."