- China has branded the camps "Centers for Vocational Training" and places to weed out extremism
- Former detainees have reported being forced to sing the anthems of the Chinese Communist Party and disavow Islam and their beliefs.
- Uyghurs are reportedly forced to go through psychological indoctrination, including the study of communism, giving thanks to Chinese president Xi Jinping, learning Mandarin Chinese, and renouncing their faith.
- Reports also indicate that there is widespread use of torture in these camps, including methods such as water boarding.
- One camp survivor testified that her body used to shake violently and that she could feel the pain in her veins, each time she was electrocuted at the camp...."I begged them to kill me," she stated.
- Another survivor told NBC News that the Chinese authorities were brainwashing them in the camps, "no one is there by choice", they were punished for speaking, and forced into restraint devices and stress positions for hours.
Millions of Uyghurs detained in China's Concentration Camps
There is a growing pressure on China to tell the world if the Uyghurs they are detaining in East Turkistan are alive and well, the hashtag #MeTooUyghur or #MeTooUighur is being used to keep that pressure on.
China claims that these massive internment camps are aimed at reeducating Uyghur Muslims to weed out extremism.
Experts warn that suppression of Uyghurs in China has become a matter of Ethnic Cleansing.
China is Detaining Muslims to erase identity; Estimates fluctuate anywhere between 800,000 and more than 3 million Muslim Detainees in Chinese camps.
After reports referred to a Uyghur musician killed in custody, Chinese authorities released a video to prove he was alive, other Uyghur families are demanding China to publish videos showing their loved ones are still alive as well. Uyghurs who live around the world and have relatives living in China primarily practice Islam, they have launched #MeTooUyghur and #SaveUyghur facing China's Dictatorship
with this simple demand.
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