China's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims revealed by German academic

People gather in Turkey to stage a protest against China's policies and human rights violations towards Uyghurs on 25 March 2021 [Eren Bozkurt/Anadolu Agency]

 

December 1, 2021

German academic, Adrian Zenz, revealed unpublished documents on linking China's crackdown on Uyghur Muslims, the Twitter report says.

According to the report, the documents show China's racist policies against Uyghur Muslims, including mass internment in re-education camps, coercive labour transfers and optimising the ethnic population by increasing Han population shares.

Dr Adrian Zenz, the German academic who was asked by the tribunal to authenticate the documents, said the top secret and confidential papers are significant because they show multiple links between the demands of the Chinese leadership of 2014 and what subsequently happened in Xinjiang.

China has come under increased criticism as a result of its treatment of Uyghur Muslims. In August 2018, a United Nations Human Rights Committee reported that China is holding nearly one million Uyghur Muslims in secret "re-education" camps in East Turkistan. Many return to their families weak, unable to walk and talk and showing signs of abuse.

Last September, the United Kingdom banned China's ambassador from Parliament in response to Beijing placing sanctions on MPs who spoke up about its treatment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province.