Satellite Prove Of China's Re-Education Camps
The BBC has today released an investigation into China's re-edudcation camps, which are existence used to persecute Muslims inward the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Up to 1 meg people inward China accept been detained yesteryear the regime because of their religion. Uighurs, Kazakhs together with other Muslims inward XUAR accept been arrested together with imprisoned inward re-education camps.
Many of the reasons for the arrest of people inward XUAR accept been farcical. Muslims accept been arrested together with imprisoned for having 'abnormal' beards, for wearing veils or for avoiding alcohol. In fact people accept been arrested for whatever sign of religious belief or cultural affiliation.
The BBC's study China's Hidden Camps includes interviews, photographs, together with proficient testimony. It likewise includes show of China's re-education camps which has been gathered from satellite imagery. GMV, a multinational aerospace company, has examined 101 facilities located across Xinjiang, which could move involved inward the detention of the Uighurs. By criterion the increment of these facilities over recent years on satellite imagery of XUAR together with yesteryear looking for straight show of safety fencing, watchtowers together with other safety features they accept identified 44 of these facilities which they believe are existence used every bit re-education camps.
China's Hidden Camps includes earlier together with subsequently satellite imagery of what they believe is a re-education military camp at Dabancheng. Using this satellite imagery the BBC shows how the facility has grown together with identifies about of the features of the camp. When the BBC attempted to see the military camp on the dry ground it was speedily stopped yesteryear the law together with told to terminal filming.
More show of China's re-education camps tin move viewed on Amnesty International's interactive map. Amnesty International has mapped reports given to them yesteryear relatives of imprisoned Muslims inward China. The map tells the stories of many Uighur citizens, well-nigh of them who alive abroad, who accept relatives that accept been arrested together with detained yesteryear the Chinese. You tin thought together with explore the interactive map inward Amnesty's Up To One Million Detained inward China's Mass Re-education Drive.