The Xinjiang re-education camps, officially called Vocational Education and Training Centers by the government of the People's Republic of China,[6][7][8] are concentration camps[4][9][10] that have been operated by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional government for the purpose of interning Uyghur Muslims since 2014.[1][11] The camps were established under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s administration.[11][12] They have significantly expanded since a hardline party secretary, Chen Quanguo, took charge of the region in August 2016. These camps are reportedly operated outside of the legal system; many Uyghurs have reportedly been interned without trial and no charges have been levied against them.[2][13][14] Local authorities are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Muslims from other ethnic minorities in these camps, for the stated purpose of countering extremism and terrorism.[15][16][17][18][19]
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Saturday, November 23, 2019
BBC Our World 2019 Inside Chinas Camps
The Xinjiang re-education camps, officially called Vocational Education and Training Centers by the government of the People's Republic of China,[6][7][8] are concentration camps[4][9][10] that have been operated by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional government for the purpose of interning Uyghur Muslims since 2014.[1][11] The camps were established under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s administration.[11][12] They have significantly expanded since a hardline party secretary, Chen Quanguo, took charge of the region in August 2016. These camps are reportedly operated outside of the legal system; many Uyghurs have reportedly been interned without trial and no charges have been levied against them.[2][13][14] Local authorities are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Muslims from other ethnic minorities in these camps, for the stated purpose of countering extremism and terrorism.[15][16][17][18][19]
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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