In the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, a large number of Uighur people are said to be housed in a facility called a "re-education facility".
An American researcher investigating the human rights issues of Uighurs has obtained what is believed to be internal material detailing the details.
The material is primarily from 2017 to 2018 and includes statements by Communist Party officials, a list of detainees, and photographs of the inside of the facility.
Regarding this material, the Chinese government said, "This is the latest case of injuring the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by anti-Chinese forces. Can't be hidden. "
What is the actual condition of the facility as seen from the internal materials?
We gathered the testimonies of the people concerned about the situation of the Uighurs described in the material.
What kind of material?
The material was obtained by Dr. Adrian Zenz, a German researcher living in the United States, who is an expert on Uighur issues.
Dr. Zenz has named the material the "Xinjiang Public Security File" as an anonymous informant hacking the authorities' database and leaking it.
The materials are mainly from 2017 to 2018, ▼
a large number of photographs that appear to be inside the "re-education facility" , ▼ what appears
to be a list of more than 20,000 people housed in the facility,
▼ about 30 ethnic minorities. It includes information that is considered to be personal information for all people,
▼ security manuals, and
▼ remarks by Communist Party executives.
Of these,
"what appears to be a list of more than 20,000 people housed in the facility" is believed to belong to the province of Konashhel in the southern part of the autonomous region.
NHK was able to find and talk to a person in Turkey who appeared to be a family member of the person on the list.
Uighur Mehmet Tohti moved to Turkey 30 years ago, but has lost contact with his children and grandchildren in his hometown of Konashhel since 2017.
It turns out that the roster contains the IDs of Ms. Mehmet's two sons and one grandson.
It is stated that the reason for the detention of the children was that they had been taught how to worship Islam in the past.
"(The eldest son) was rather a village executive who was the one who implemented the government's policies. At least he started crying when he knew his sons were alive in the camp. It was painful." increase.
"Armed soldiers everywhere"
Some of the files seemed to have taken the situation of the facility.
If you compare the content with the testimony of someone who knows the inside, there are many matches.
Kerbinul Sidik, who worked as a Chinese teacher at the facility in 2017 and is now in exile in the Netherlands, testified to NHK at the time.
"There are armed soldiers standing in the front doors, courtyards, corridors, and so on. It was as if they were heading to the battlefield right away.
" And there was a picture of a man armed with an automatic rifle.
"Called by number, always limbs"
"Men and women were housed in separate facilities and were obliged to wear vests. The vests are numbered in ink and are called by that number, not by name," said Kerbinul. I was talking.
There are also photographs in the material that show this situation.
In the photo, men wore black vests and women wore yellow vests, which were also numbered.
At the same time, Mr. Omur Bekari, who was born in Xinjiang and has a Kazakh nationality, was detained while on a business trip, and testified about the actual situation of physical detention as follows.
"The part that connects the hands is about 40 cm, and one finger fits in the gap between the wrists, and the ankle is the same. It is left on day and night."
"Be sure to have a black bag on your head every time you move"
"I was moved 7 to 8 times in total, but each time I put a black bag on my head. I do
n't know where I was taken."
It is reflected.
Communist Party officials say, "Shoot decisively."
The materials also include those that appear to have recorded the remarks of Chen Quanguo, the head of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at the time.
Secretary Chen has been subject to sanctions by the U.S. government for playing an important role in detention policy, with the following statement recorded:
"No one can leave a strict facility. For those who try to escape, shoot decisively."
In addition, there are statements that suggest the central government's involvement in policy.
"The reason (Xi Jinping) sent me to Xinjiang is to settle Xinjiang and send it to the Communist Party Central Leaders."
Dr. Zentz "What the Chinese Government Doesn't Want to Show"
Dr. Zenz, who released the material, said, "Chinese propaganda has tried to make re-education facilities believe that they are like schools. Okay, these are things the Chinese government doesn't want to show us. "
"These speeches are very straightforward and shocking. Mr. Chen not only speaks with feelings of fear and anxiety, but also expresses how serious the threat of terrorism is," he said at the time. It is said that the Chinese Communist Party's sense of crisis oozes out in the speech of Secretary Chen, an executive of the Chinese Communist Party.
US State Department spokesman "shocked"
"I was shocked. This report adds to the evidence of China's atrocities in the existing Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region," a U.S. State Department spokesman said about the file. Concerns in the international community are likely to rise further.
In addition, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is seeking a transparent investigation in an online meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the 24th.
China "Injury by Anti-Chinese Forces"
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said about Dr. Zenz's allegations and the material released this time, "The story pointed out is the latest case of anti-Chinese forces damaging the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, but it is the same as before. The world is not deceived, and the fact that Xinjiang is peaceful, economically developed, and people are living happily cannot be hidden. "
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