cultural genocide https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49956088
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China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang responded tartly that “Xinjiang does not have the so-called human rights issue claimed by the U.S. The accusations by the U.S. side are merely made-up pretexts for its interference.” China has claimed the camps are vocational education facilities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/finally-some-consequences-for-chinas-concentration-camps/2019/10/10/0c3e99c0-ead0-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html
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WASHINGTON - China has denounced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for saluting Chinese student protesters who defied the communist government in a prolonged and deadly standoff in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 30 years ago.
Pompeo said Monday the students were "the heroes of the Chinese people" and added the U.S. had hoped China's "integration into the international system would lead to a more open, tolerant society" in the three decades since the incident galvanized world opinion. "But those hopes have been dashed," the top U.S. diplomat said. "China’s one-party state tolerates no dissent and abuses human rights whenever it serves its interests. Today Chinese citizens have been subjected to a new wave of abuses, especially in Xinjiang, where the Communist Party leadership is methodically attempting to strangle Uighur culture and stamp out the Islamic faith, including through the detention of more than one million members of Muslim minority groups."
Pompeo called on Beijing "to make a full, public accounting of those killed or missing to give comfort to the many victims of this dark chapter of history." https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/china-blasts-pompeo-praising-tiananmen-student-protesters
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10-10-2019 Seeing her pain Dawut shared some of the bread provided to her. Guards then beat Dawut with rubber batons, prompting her to cry out to Allah, or God, for help.
“Call your God again, let him save you from my hand,” the guards told her repeatedly….
After giving birth to triplets in Egypt in 2015,
When Tursun was temporarily brought to her children a few months later she found her oldest son in poor health for unclear reasons, and he died soon after they reunited. She also noticed scars around the neck of her other two children, where doctors had mysteriously decided to operate on them. In 2017 she was detained again and tortured.
Tursun told the Washington Examiner she endured several days of beatings and electrocution. Her torturers mocked her when she called to Allah.
“Then they ask me, ‘Where is your God? You say God, where is your God? Tell him, if he is stronger than me, to help you,’” said Tursun. "Your god is Xi Jinping,” the guards told her.
After spending more time in detention, Tursun’s health deteriorated, and she woke up one day in a mental hospital. Her father cared for her at home before she was again detained around the start of 2018….
Chinese researchers are also trying to create a DNA database of Chinese citizens, and residents of Xinjiang from age 12 to 65 must have their blood samples, iris images, voice recordings and fingerprints collected. Chinese technology companies are also working on algorithms to track suspicious behavior among ethnic and religious minorities.
The crackdown has led to the Xinjiang region being compared to "something that resembles a massive internment camp.” As of November 2018, the BBC found up to 44 high-security buildings had been built in the province in recent years. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/your-god-is-xi-jinping-uighurs-mocked-and-tortured-in-chinese-internment-camps-for-their-faith
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KAZAN — At first sight
Only a “Free the Uighurs” screensaver on one of their phones is a clue to the twins’ troubled story.
For the past year, the brothers have been fighting a court battle to gain refugee status, the first known case of its kind in Russia involving China’s persecuted Uighur Muslim minority. But their chances of success are slim, because despite Islam being Russia’s second-largest religion, the Kremlin has chosen to side with China on the Uighur question. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/10/09/if-they-send-us-back-to-china-we-will-die-uighur-brothers-fight-deportation-from-russia-a67646
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