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380 Detention Camps Newly Built or Expanded in Xinjiang Since 2017, Says Australian Study
An investigation by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has shown that China had built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang since 2017.
The ASPI discovered that since 2017, approximately 380 detention camps believed to be used to imprison Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities had been newly built or expanded in western China. The institute divided them into four categories:
• Tier 1: minimum-security re-education camps (around 108)
• Tier 2: slightly higher-security re-education camps, mostly connected to factory and warehouse (around 94)
• Tier 3: moderate-security detention centres (around 72)
• Tier 4: high-security prisons (around 107)
Investigator Nathan Ruser said while Chinese officials claimed that the detainees would be released from the camps, the authorities were still investing in new detention facilities between 2019 and 2020. The investigation report noted that at least 61 detention camps were newly built or expanded between July 2019 and July 2020. 14 of them are still under construction.
Ruser further pointed out that about half of the expanded or newly built camps are high-security prisons, meaning that the Xinjiang authorities may be transferring detainees in re-education camps to prisons.
Source: Stand News #Sep24
#China #Xinjiang #ASPI #Uyghurs #Muslim #DetentionCamp
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An investigation by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has shown that China had built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang since 2017.
The ASPI discovered that since 2017, approximately 380 detention camps believed to be used to imprison Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities had been newly built or expanded in western China. The institute divided them into four categories:
• Tier 1: minimum-security re-education camps (around 108)
• Tier 2: slightly higher-security re-education camps, mostly connected to factory and warehouse (around 94)
• Tier 3: moderate-security detention centres (around 72)
• Tier 4: high-security prisons (around 107)
Investigator Nathan Ruser said while Chinese officials claimed that the detainees would be released from the camps, the authorities were still investing in new detention facilities between 2019 and 2020. The investigation report noted that at least 61 detention camps were newly built or expanded between July 2019 and July 2020. 14 of them are still under construction.
Ruser further pointed out that about half of the expanded or newly built camps are high-security prisons, meaning that the Xinjiang authorities may be transferring detainees in re-education camps to prisons.
Source: Stand News #Sep24
#China #Xinjiang #ASPI #Uyghurs #Muslim #DetentionCamp
https://bit.ly/2EG0WIn