It is now beyond doubt that China is undertaking a program of mass incarceration of the Uyghur population of its northwestern province of Xinjiang (which many Uyghurs refer to as East Turkestan) in a region-wide network of detention and “re-education” centers. Up to 1.5 million Uyghurs (and other Turkic Muslim minorities) are estimated to be caught up in the largest human rights crisis in the world today. Analysis based on Chinese government procurement contracts for construction of these centers and Google Earth satellite imaging has revealed hundreds of large, prison-like facilities that are estimated to hold up to 1 million … Continue reading China’s Uyghur ‘Re-Education’ Centers and the Ghosts of Totalitarians Past
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China’s Uyghur ‘Re-Education’ Centers and the Ghosts of Totalitarians Past
It is now beyond doubt that China is undertaking a program of mass incarceration of the Uyghur population of its northwestern province of Xinjiang (which many Uyghurs refer to as East Turkestan) in a region-wide network of detention and “re-education” centers. Up to 1.5 million Uyghurs (and other Turkic Muslim minorities) are estimated to be caught up in the largest human rights crisis in the world today. Analysis based on Chinese government procurement contracts for construction of these centers and Google Earth satellite imaging has revealed hundreds of large, prison-like facilities that are estimated to hold up to 1 million … Continue reading China’s Uyghur ‘Re-Education’ Centers and the Ghosts of Totalitarians Past