secret transfer of Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China

10-4-2018    Sources report that the authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are secretly transferring Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China. The reasons for the transfer are thought to be a lack of capacity to host the vast amount of prisoners, prevention of unrest in Xinjiang and the creation of an information blackout on the camps, which have recently experienced an increasing amount of attention. There is anecdotal evidence that the authorities are preparing to move as many as 300,000 inmates in the coming weeks. Recent reports have documented that around one million Uyghurs are being held in detainment camps. Families are rarely informed about the cause of arrest or where they are detained.   http://unpo.org/article/21133