China's Concentration Camps in East Turkestan

East Turkestan was occupied by China in 1949, and accordingly renamed to Xinjiang, which is currently the largest province in China. Uyghurs are the native residents of East Turkestan and many of them have vanished; estimates fluctuate between 800,000 and a few millions detained in a vast network of compounds, which the Chinese government calls reeducation centers, or centers for vocational training, while human rights activists around the world call them China’s Concentration Camps.

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International Condemnation of China’s Concentration Camps

China is detaining Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic people in concentration camps, they are reportedly forced to denounce Islam, adopt atheism and pledge their allegiance to the Chinese state.

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Uyghurs are Turkic people of Islamic faith, Xinjiang is the homeland of the Uyghurs; China’s largest province and the world’s largest open prison.

Uyghur Muslims Detained in China's Concentration Camps

• 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.

Millions of Uyghurs detained in 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.

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