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China Uses Rape as Torture Tactic Against Uighur Detainees, Victims Say

Asim Kashgarian

   WASHINGTON - Uighurs who were once detained in internment camps in
   China's Xinjiang region say they have been sexually abused and raped
   during interrogations by Chinese authorities, while also witnessing
   other fellow detainees being raped.

   Tursunay Ziyawudun, a 42-year-old Uighur women's camp survivor who now
   lives in the U.S. state of Virginia, told VOA that she was beaten,
   sexually abused and gang raped during interrogations in an internment
   camp in Kunes county in northern Xinjiang in 2018.

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