“You don’t want to know how painful it is,” she says emotionally. “My family is also in danger. They are being watched by the local police. Sometimes officers come by to check messages in their phones. They can end up in camps. There are even camps for children I heard. I am. so afraid of that. “
According to Amnesty, Uyghur children in China have to go to orphanages or boarding schools. These boarding schools provide according to researchers make sure that the children speak Chinese instead of Uyghurs, and that they embrace the ideology of the communist party rather than their own traditions. In 2019, 880,000 children would attend such a boarding school.
There is increasing international criticism of Beijing. The Dutch government has repeatedly called on China to admit international observers to the Xinjiang region – where the re-education camps are according to Amnesty -, but this has not been followed up.
Forcibly divorced
According to China, the camps only contain terrorists and separatists. According to the country, other countries should not interfere in the issue.
Meanwhile, Rizwangul can do nothing but wait for information from China. “I am not the only one. I know that there are several parents who do not see their children. They live forcibly separated from their loved ones. I therefore ask the Dutch government for help to urge China to return these children to their home. parents can. “
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