Uyghurs and their supporters decry Chinese ‘concentration camps,’ ‘genocide’ after Xinjiang documents leaked
“The Chinese government’s cruel, bigoted treatment of Muslims and ethnic minorities is a horrifying human rights violation,” Warren wrote. “We must stand up to hatred and extremism around the world.”
The more than 400 pages of documents, leaked, according to the Times, by a member of the Chinese political establishment, included internal speeches by President Xi Jinping and other officials, information about the surveillance and control of the Uighur population and internal investigations on local officials.
The Times called the documents “one of the most significant leaks of government papers from inside China’s ruling Communist Party in decades” and a strong indication that turmoil within the ruling party is rising over the repression of the Muslim Uighurs.
The papers confirm reports that more than 1 million people have been detained in internment camps as the Chinese government seeks to strip Uighurs of their identity and indoctrinate them into being secular and loyal party supporters.
Xi still told party members in secret speeches that religious extremists should be treated with “absolutely no mercy,” the Times reported.
The documents included a script for officials to follow when explaining to students returning to the region why their parents had disappeared, the Times reported.
The World Uyghur Congress called China a “country with concentration camps” in a retweet.
“Leaks to the @NYTimes illustrate the cold, calculated nature of China’s policy of cultural genocide towards Uyghurs,” the organization retweeted.
Are we supposed to tolerate the @Olympics in a country with concentration camps?
The IOC has a BIG problem on its hands if so.
Leaks to the @NYTimes illustrate the cold, calculated nature of China's policy of cultural genocide towards Uyghurs.#NoRightsNoGames2022
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The Washington Post reported Sunday that few Uighurs are able to escape the widespread surveillance, and even fewer are able to make it to the United States. A Uighur family now living in Northern Virginia has caught the attention of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Scholars, activists and others tweeted their concerns and analysis of the leak.
One remarkable take-away from the secret Xinjiang Papers is how CCP authorities referred to the program with the word "concentration" 集中 from the very beginning. Chinese officials were indignant when foreign critics called these "concentration camps" but it's their own word!
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Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear.
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China is getting away with another Holocaust and @nytimes got hold of hundreds of leaked documents to prove it. This is an unknown genocide and we need to do everything we can to stop it in its tracks. nyti.ms/379s0ch?smid=n …
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It’s EXTREMELY rare for anything of substance to leak out of the Chinese regime, so this story is a big deal. It’s also very disturbing via nytimes.com/interactive/20 …@NYTimes
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So far, we had glimpses of China’s “re-education” campaign against its Muslim population through word of mouth & scattered footage of the facilities & surveillance tech used.@nytimes has now obtained 403 pages of classified documents on what’s happening: nytimes.com/interactive/20 …
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International news story of the weekend - broken by @nytimes based on leaked Chinese Govt papers: the inside story of the imprisonment of a million Uighur Muslims by China.
Will any of our politicians say a word in protest, or will they just keep taking China’s ‘hospitality’? twitter.com/nytimes/status …
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Very comprehensive piece by the @nytimes It’s release shows that discontent over the ‘training centers’ might be greater than previously thought but lays bare the rationale for their establishment. #HumanRights #Uighur nytimes.com/interactive/20 …
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The @nytimes reporting on the Uighur internment camps in Xinjiang is truly chilling stuff.
But if you think this is just a China thing, remember that the US did something very similar to Native families and is still locking up kids at the border. nytimes.com/interactive/20 …
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Laura Murphy, a professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at Sheffield Hallam University in England, invited those who work against slavery and trafficking to collaborate.
Folks who are working on anti-slavery, anti-trafficking, and workers' rights need to be aware of/strategizing against this extraordinary but expansive program of forced labor that is accompanying the mass internment of over a million people. Want to collab?
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Rose Kulak, a human rights campaigner for Amnesty International Australia, said the papers confirmed speculation about what was happening to Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.
1/4: #TheXinjiangPapers reveal what we already know is happening in #Xinjiang province to #Uyghurs. @amnestyOz nytimes.com/interactive/20 …
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