{"id":560198,"date":"2021-06-10T21:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560198"},"modified":"2021-06-10T21:21:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:21:41","slug":"new-report-shows-chinas-torture-abuses-against-muslim-minorities-draconian-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-report-shows-chinas-torture-abuses-against-muslim-minorities-draconian-crimes-against-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Shows China\u2019s Torture, Abuses Against Muslim Minorities: \u2018Draconian,\u2019 \u2018Crimes Against Humanity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-report-shows-chinas-torture-abuses-against-muslim-minorities-draconian-crimes-against-humanity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B2035AB5-DB2F-4F02-A0D3-8BDA881D37E9_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Amnesty International released a report with new witness accounts detailing the tortures and abuse of Muslims in the Xinjiang province of China, calling the actions \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The group conducted interviews with people who had been detained in internment camps in the region, places that the Chinese government has called \u201cre-education camps.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The detailed and disturbing accounts should lead to a broader international response, if not from governments, then from members of the celebrity community who heavily align themselves with human rights issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The result was a 160-page <a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\">report<\/span><\/a> with new testimonials from over 50 former camp detainees that show the government\u2019s cruel treatment of Muslim minorities. Amnesty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cCarried out under the guise of fighting \u2018terrorism,\u2019 these crimes have targeted ethnic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Hui, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks and Tajiks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The former detainees included in the report were taken to the camps \u201cfor what appears to be entirely lawful conduct, such as possessing a religious-themed picture or communicating with someone abroad,\u201d Amnesty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">One woman was put in an internment camp for having WhatsApp on her phone. She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>[Every day] you get up at 5am and have to make your bed, and it had to be perfect. Then there was a flag-raising ceremony and an \u201coath-taking.\u201d Then you went to the canteen for breakfast. Then to the classroom. Then lunch. Then to the classroom. Then dinner. Then another class. Then bed. Every night two people had to be \u201con duty\u201d [monitoring the other cellmates] for two hours\u2026 There was not a minute left for yourself. You are exhausted.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">In the camps, nearly all of the detainees interviewed were forced to attend intensive classes, which \u201coften involved memorizing and reciting \u2018red\u2019 songs \u2013 that is, revolutionary songs that praise the CCP and the People\u2019s Republic of China,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/xinjiang.amnesty.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\">report<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Yerulan, a former detainee, told Amnesty, \u201cI think the purpose [of the classes] was to destroy our religion and to assimilate us\u2026 They said that we couldn\u2019t say \u2018<i>as-salamu alaykum<\/i>\u2019 and that if we were asked what our ethnicity was we should say \u2018Chinese\u2019\u2026 They said that you could not go to Friday prayers\u2026 And that it was not Allah who gave you all, it was Xi Jinping. You must not thank Allah; you must thank Xi Jinping for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">They were continually watched in the camp and had no space to themselves. \u201cThere was insufficient food, water, exercise, healthcare, sanitary and hygienic conditions, fresh air, and exposure to natural light,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">All of the former detainees who were interviewed by Amnesty International experienced torture or were \u201csubjected to other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment\u201d while in the camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Mansur, a farmer, told Amnesty the ways in which he was tortured many times in two camps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>Two guards took me from the cell and dropped me off [at the room where I was interrogated]. Two men were inside\u2026 [They asked what I did in Kazakhstan,] \u201cDid you pray there? What do your parents do?\u201d I said I only stayed with family, that I took care of livestock, and that I didn\u2019t do anything illegal\u2026 they asked me about mosque and praying\u2026 If I told them I had been praying, I had heard that I would get sentenced for 20 or 25 years. So I told them I never prayed. Then they became upset. They said, \u201cAll that time with livestock, you became an animal too!\u201d Then they hit me with a chair until it broke\u2026 I fell to the floor. I almost fainted\u2026 Then they put me on the chair again. They said, \u201cthis guy hasn\u2019t changed yet, he needs to stay [in the camp] longer.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">Amnesty included one example of a detainee describing the death of a prisoner while in the camp. The prisoner was forced to sit in an iron chair with his arms and legs cuffed and chained for three nights. \u201cHis body was tied to the back of the chair\u2026 Two [cuffs] were locked around his wrists and legs\u2026 A rubber thing attached to the ribs to make the person [sit] up straight\u2026He would [urinate and defecate] in the chair,\u201d the former detainee said. The man in the chair died after he was removed from the cell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Amnesty International said that most of the detainees with whom they conducted interviews were held in the camps for 9-18 months. The detainees who were let go from the camps \u201cwere forced to sign a document that forbade them from speaking with anybody \u2013 especially journalists and foreign nationals \u2013 about what they experienced in the camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Amnesty discovered that nearly all of the interviewed former detainees, once released, were forced to endure a continuation of their \u201ceducation,\u201d some being placed in factories to work. \u201cAll former detainees Amnesty International interviewed said they were placed under both electronic and in-person surveillance and subjected to regular evaluations from government employees and cadres,\u201d the report stated. \u201cThey were also forced to publicly \u2018confess\u2019 their \u2018crimes\u2019 at flag-raising ceremonies,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity\/\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale in Xinjiang. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities face crimes against humanity and other serious human rights violations that threaten to erase their religious and cultural identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIt should shock the conscience of humanity that massive numbers of people have been subjected to brainwashing, torture and other degrading treatment in internment camps, while millions more live in fear amid a vast surveillance apparatus,\u201d Callamard added.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not it shocks the \u201cconscience of humanity\u201d will remain to be seen. Although several countries have denounced China\u2019s cruelties in the Xinjiang region, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/us-and-allies-impose-sanctions-on-officials-in-china-over-human-rights-offenses-in-xinjiang\">United States and allies imposing sanctions<\/a> on officials in China earlier this year, the world continues to wait and see what action will be taken in defense of human rights.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International released a report with new witness accounts detailing the tortures and abuse of Muslims in the Xinjiang province of China, calling the actions \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201dThe group conducted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279975,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B2035AB5-DB2F-4F02-A0D3-8BDA881D37E9_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Report Shows China\u2019s Torture, Abuses Against Muslim Minorities: \u2018Draconian,\u2019 \u2018Crimes Against Humanity\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/B2035AB5-DB2F-4F02-A0D3-8BDA881D37E9_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New Report Shows China\u2019s Torture, Abuses Against Muslim Minorities: \u2018Draconian,\u2019 \u2018Crimes Against Humanity\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}