The Chinese government has built hundreds of camps where Uighur Muslims are taken in, usually without criminal charges, and subjected to high-pressure indoctrination campaigns, according to detainees who have been released, like Abdusalam Muhemet, above. To strip them of their devotion to Islam, a Times investigation found. China has long sought to restrict the practice of Islam in the western province of Xinjiang. Muslim minorities, including Uighurs, account for roughly half of its population of 24 million people. It’s unclear how many are being held in detention camps, but some estimates suggest perhaps a million people.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2018 20:26 UTC