ARLINGTON, Nov 13 — Uighur activists said today they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of the ethnic group, alleging that Beijing could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people. The East Turkistan National Awakening...
The Uighur have been subjected to what was called 'genocide by incarceration'.— Reuters pic
Researching imagery from Google Earth, the group said it also spotted 209 suspected prisons and 74 suspected labor camps for which it would share details later. Anders Corr, an analyst who formerly worked in US intelligence and who advised the group, said that around 40 per cent of the sites had not been previously reported.
Olbert said that archive imagery from alleged camp sites showed consistent patterns—steel and concrete construction over the past four years along with security perimeters. Olbert described China’s policy as “genocide by incarceration,” fearing that Uighurs would be held indefinitely. China has justified its policy after first denying the camps, saying that it is providing vocational training and coaxing Muslims away from extremism. Hundreds died in 2009 riots in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi that largely targeted Han Chinese.
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