Concentration Camps in China

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The Uyghur Crisis

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The Chinese government calls them free "vocational training centres"; Aibota Serik, a Chinese Kazakh whose father was sent to one, calls them prisons.
Her father Kudaybergen Serik was a local imam in Tarbagatay (Tacheng) prefecture of China's western Xinjiang region. In February 2018 the police detained him and Aibota hasn't heard from her father since then.
"I don't know why my father was imprisoned. He didn't violate any laws of China, he was not tried in a court," she says, clutching a small photo of him, before breaking down in tears.

Abdurasulov, Abdujalil. “Uighur Crackdown: 'I Spent Seven Days of Hell in Chinese Camps'.” BBC News, BBC, 12 Feb. 2019, www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47157111?fbclid=IwAR3QHzJPj35bR1jzMeg5oWSQS5yjo2x9i8JLQwVLo4up7d5wbvwgO33PV0A.

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What Now?

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Change.org
Call on the OIC to support Uyghur Muslims.


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Why do Muslim countries stay silent on the Uyghur genocide?

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In 2019, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the "collective voice of the Muslim world" signed a letter in support of China, which was addressed to the UN human rights council, an excerpt of the letter stating that "We commend China's remarkable achievements in the field of human rights."
When 39 countries of which none are Muslim are urging China to shut down the concentration camps, the Muslim leaders show complete support and "commend of China's achievement" of forced birth control, women being forcibly sterilized and forced into labor camps to work for free under abusive conditions. Some of the leaders of the Muslim countries, such as the Saudi crown prince, defends China's right to put Uyghur Muslims in concentration camps, and Pakistan's Prime Minister, claims that he "doesn't know much about it." In addition, Turkey is accused of deporting Uyghurs back to China.'

Ensor, Josie. “Saudi Crown Prince Defends China's Right to Put Uighur Muslims in Concentration Camps.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 22 Feb. 2019, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/22/saudi-crown-prince-defends-chinas-right-put-uighur-muslims-concentration/.

Kugelman, Michael. “Imran Khan's Silence on Uighurs Undercuts His Defense of Muslims Worldwide.” Foreign Policy, 29 Jan. 2021, foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/29/imran-khan-uighurs-muslims-china/.

Browne, Gareth. “How Turkey Is Sending Muslim Uighurs Back to China without Breaking Its Promise .” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 26 July 2020, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/26/turkey-sending-muslim-uighurs-back-china-without-breaking-promise/.

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”.

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Qelbinur Sidik, a schoolteacher who was forced to teach Mandarin in a concentration camp in East Turkistan, recounts the horrifying experiences at the concentration camp before she was able to flee to Europe. She witnessed torturing of other detainees and experience sexual and mental assault.

Diplomat, Ruth Ingram for The. “Confessions of a Xinjiang Camp Teacher.” – The Diplomat, For The Diplomat, 3 Oct. 2020, thediplomat.com/2020/08/confessions-of-a-xinjiang-camp-teacher/.