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November 26, 2019

Leaked Documents Reveal China's "Brainwashing" of Uyghur Muslims
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Leaked documents have shed new light on the China's government's network
of prison camps in the far western region of Xinjiang, where as many as
one million Uyghur Muslims have been detained without trial. The Chinese
government says these prisons offer voluntary education. But the leaked
documents reveal a campaign to force prisoners to change their language,
culture, and religious beliefs. British human rights lawyer Ben
Emmersons said, "It is very difficult to view that as anything other
than a mass brainwashing scheme designed and directed at an entire
ethnic community." The Chinese government has denied carrying out any
human rights violations against the Uyghurs.


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