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Data leak shows Beijing’s brutality against the Muslim Uyghurs
A new data leak about the re-education camps in the Xinjiang region of northwest China is said to show the arbitrary and mass detention of the Muslim Uyghur minority living there. The photos from the camps, official papers and speeches by state officials were evaluated by 14 media houses worldwide under the name Xinjiang Police Files. In Germany, the news magazine “Spiegel” and the “Bayerische Rundfunk” took part in the research.
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So far, the speech of a former party leader in the Xinjiang region, who is said to have given the order in 2017 to shoot any prisoner who tried to escape a few steps, was completely unknown. Photos should also show the use of torture, for example using the infamous tiger chair. The prisoners are tied to an iron chair with their legs, arms and upper body – sometimes for several days. According to the research, Chinese security forces with assault rifles can also be seen.
The research also shows the arbitrariness with which the Chinese government acts against the Uyghurs. The research association reports on young men who received long prison sentences because they go to the gym too often or listen to an audio file about Islamic rules.
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The data collection was leaked to German anthropologist Adrian Zenz, who has previously helped uncover the system of internment camps in provincial China. Zenz has been on the Chinese government’s sanctions list since 2021. In view of the data leak, the researcher speaks of a “new dimension”. The footage is unique and refutes the Chinese state propaganda that these are “normal schools”.
A UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has been visiting China for more than 17 years. Bachelet also wants to travel to the Xinjiang region. However, there are serious doubts that the UN commissioner can move about freely or converse openly with people. The United Nations assumes that around a million people were temporarily interned in the region, mostly Muslim Uyghurs. Beijing accuses the minority of separatism and terrorism. According to official information, the camps are professional training institutions whose goals are to fight poverty and extremist ideas. Staying in the camps is voluntary.
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