Leaked data offers significant new insights into China's Uyghur detention camps - BBC News

Uyghur detention camps in China's western Xinjiang province have a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape, according to leaked documents seen by the BBC.

The Xinjiang Police Files, a huge cache of data hacked from police computer servers in the region, also include thousands of police photographs of Uyghurs in detention camps.

The documents provide some of the strongest evidence to date for a policy targeting almost any expression of Uyghur identity, culture or Islamic faith.

These “re-education camps”, built across the region since 2017, are what the Chinese government claim are nothing more than “schools”.

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[jamesdog]

This has been going on for almost 10 years and the amount of time it took for people to notice this present day holocaust is absolutely tragic.

[eh]

The pain of this elderly man, realising his son’s sentence is longer than what remains of his own life…

[sushipizza]

We don’t talk about this enough. This has to be spoken about more.

[tannergoodwin]

As a person who hasn't stopped watching china since I was a teen in the early 2000"s, I am more surprised at the ignorance of everyone who knows this is going on than anything else....

[heathen-greaser]

100% respect to that hacker, stay safe

[Breaker_Excessive]

I pray for the hacker's safety, they are a hero whoever they are.🙏🙏

[zhangjonathan]

That's an extraordinary work, those profiles come from very high-security systems, I was shocked about some people who revealed them.

[zaijiancelis]

The fact people defend them for imprisoning them is insane.

[hagaivdh]

:( this has been going on for years and years...

[zerojhong]

I am a Taiwan pepple and I feel very scared and worried, thinking that if Taiwan is ruled by China, my fate will be the same as that of the Uyghurs. The information provided by the BBC proves that Xinjiang is not martial law but a concentration camp and a systematic genocide. The document says XXX520, XXX524, farmer, need to be brain washed (re-education) because of learning Islam, XXX529, XXX526 farmer, need to be brain washed (re-education) because they wear traditional Islamic clothing, XX523 farmer have no reason and need to be brain washed (re-education), I Scolding Xi Jinping every day, the consequences can be imagined...

[amnaawan]

Thank you for covering this!!! People really need to see this.

[soap-nvmu]

As a Chinese, it really hurts to see the government treat people like this. It really is cruel and heartless. And for what? The ccp is so fcked up. My thoughts and condolences go out to all the Uyghurs who are suffering. ( sorry if this is worded wrong my english isn't too good 😓)

[kenadams]

This is what happens when unlimited power is concentrated in the hands of one man or one group of people. China, Russia, North Korea, Turkmenistan and other places where power is centralized.

[Andrew-obij]

Russia and China really be trying to recreate the 1940s

[tiancheng]

As an ordinary person, I have no ability to verify these data. Is there any sources where I can see more detail about these photos and testimonies? It is difficult to find hard evidence since this would be like investigating a top secret stuff.

[Maplelust]

people are just now realizing that this is happening? well that's a problem too.

[abdurahmanhasan]

It was said that my beloved wife was "sentenced to 16 years of prison on December 24th, 2017" but I have doubts about the date of this trial.
Here are some reasons that lead me to not trusting that date and think of it as a fake trial which didint take place but fabricated afterwards.
1.When my older brother Emet Hasan was sentenced to death they informed our family immediately. However, when it comes to my wife's sentence, it was announced to British authorities in February, 2018, after I appeared in a BBC News. Why wasn't I informed about my wife's Court decision on time? Instead they kept telling my family that she was in one of the so-called training centers, learning Chinese language.
3. After I became active on social media, demanding release for my family members, they released my beloved mother from the "torture and murdering camp" and admitted to a hospital and after hospitalized for a while she was sent back home. But to my wife it wasn't the case. What is the reason behind this? Why didn't they sent my beloved wife home as well? I have no doubt that my wife was injured so severely and/ or suffering from an uncuranle disease.
3. There is no doubt that this trial date is fake. After the BBC News was released the Chinese invaders had no choice but make her took off the "number-satmped-yellow jacket" and sentenced her to prison and made up a court decision with the fake trial-date as 24. 12. 2017.

[candma]

Thank you to the BBC for not giving up on the Uyghers. This is genocide happening in our day. May we not turn a blind eye to it, but help these helpless people. #pray4theUyghurs

[astronoleo]

Please stand with Taiwan, don't let Taiwan become the next Xinjiang or Ukraine

[muji_kngr]

Thankyou BBC, Thankyou so much for documenting this.