There is more evidence for the systematic oppression of the Uyghurs by the Chinese government. This is evident from documents and images, which come from hacked Chinese police servers and by the BBC have been researched.
From BBC got hold of the documents after Chinese police servers were hacked. The ‘Xianjiang Police Files’, as the documents are called by the British medium, include tens of thousands of photos of Uyghurs put in camps by the Chinese government.
The Chinese government maintains that the camps are merely schools for ‘re-education’. However, the photos show that the Uyghurs are constantly watched by visibly armed guards. A document has also been found with instructions for guards to immediately shoot people who try to escape.
The administration shows that Uyghurs can already be sent to a re-education camp if they have visited “sensitive countries”. They can also be imprisoned because their relatives are guilty of “suspicious acts”. Sometimes the reason for their incarceration is completely absent from the records.
“Disobedience” carries severe penalties within the camps, such as being confined in isolation, being denied food and even corporal punishment. There is a lack of clear criteria for criminal offenses and associated penalties, which are therefore used “arbitrarily”, concludes the BBC.
From BBC spent months establishing the authenticity of the documents. According to the British medium, the photos and other documents clearly prove that the Chinese government is systematically oppressing the Uyghurs.
UN representative visits Xinjiang
The publication of the documents coincides with the visit to Xinjiang by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations’ highest representative on human rights.
Critics fear that Bachelet cannot do a full investigation because things can be omitted. For example, China does not allow researchers to enter the area unaccompanied.
The Uyghurs are a Muslim minority in China. Including Amnesty International and an independent people’s tribunal concluded last year that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
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