A watchtower and high-security facility near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim minorities are detained, near Hotan in Xinjiang. Photo: AFP
SCMP/AFP: China detaining Uygurs in nearly 500 camps and prisons, researchers say
* Activist group gives geographic coordinates of facilities in Xinjiang, many of which had not been identified before
* It says there could be ‘far greater numbers’ than the one million people usually cited as held
Uygur activists say they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of their ethnic group, alleging that Beijing could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people.
The East Turkestan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based group that seeks independence for the mostly Muslim region known to China as Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, gave the geographic coordinates of 182 suspected “concentration camps” where Uygurs are allegedly pressured to renounce their culture.
Researching imagery from Google Earth, the group said it also spotted 209 suspected prisons and 74 suspected labour camps for which it would share details later.
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WNU Editor: I am now reading reports that almost 3 million Uighurs are currently being detained.