{"id":1603,"date":"2020-03-25T00:11:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2020-03-25T00:11:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:11:45","slug":"xinjiang-camps-were-built-as-prisons-their-builders-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuzb.net\/en\/2020\/03\/25\/xinjiang-camps-were-built-as-prisons-their-builders-expose\/","title":{"rendered":"Xinjiang Camps Were Built as Prisons, Their Builders Expose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

03\/14\/2020CHANG XIN<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/bitterwinter.org\/xinjiang-camps-were-built-as-prisons\/?fbclid=IwAR3t2_A0uR0Plz_9RMNK0S4nZ_XQOEijDxVXS128xeiXzVaA1erTygR2oBE<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers who were hired to build transformation through education camps in Xinjiang reveal details about the jails that the CCP likes to call \u201cvocational schools.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Chang Xin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2018, Bitter Winter<\/em> published exclusive videos and photos<\/a> from inside a newly built transformation through education camp<\/a> in Xinjiang<\/a>, proving that the \u201cvocational schools,\u201d as the CCP<\/a> calls them, are jails where innocent people are detained. We continuously disclosed the regime\u2019s lies by providing new footage<\/a> and testimonies by people who have been held or worked in the dreaded camps<\/a>. Bitter Winter<\/em> recently talked to three men working in construction who have been hired to build some of these internment facilities. To protect their identity, we don\u2019t use their real names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impenetrable strongholds with total video surveillance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe camp is surrounded by four-meter-high walls, topped with iron bars and two layers of electric barbed wire that comes up to further three or four meters,\u201d started Mr. Yang, one of the interviewed men. \u201cFour watchtowers are on each corner. Windows are fitted with metal bars and guardrails. There are also rooms without windows, three- to four-square-meters each.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Windows
Windows in the camps are fitted with metal bars and guardrails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach room has been installed with two surveillance cameras and an alarm system,\u201d Mr. Yang continued. \u201cA 360-degree surveillance camera is above each door, recording every single word it detects. Staff members are stationed in the security room on each floor to monitor every movement the inmates make. They can\u2019t do anything without being noticed. There are cameras also in bathrooms; people who use them are totally deprived of privacy. Metal rods used to be installed for showerheads, but they have been removed to prevent detainees from committing suicide or using it to fight with guards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mr. Yang, 42 million RMB (about $ 6 million) has been spent on surveillance systems in just one county<\/a> in Xinjiang. \u201cThe government insisted that these were vocational training schools, even though they had been built on a prison model,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the construction, we were allowed to bring cellphones with us. They were later banned, and a staff member would collect them before work,\u201d Mr. Yang continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government ordered to complete the construction of camps in a very short time. \u201cSome camps were completed in only four months,\u201d Mr. Yang said. \u201cIn some cases, detainees were brought in before the building was finished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Factories inside for forced labor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A resident of northern Xinjiang sent to Bitter Winter<\/em> the photos he took more than a year ago of a factory under construction in a transformation through education camp. The man risked his life to take these valuable images before the camp construction was completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach factory is about 60 meters long, 20 or 30 meters wide, with 15 workshops in it, where Uyghurs<\/a> are forced to work every day,\u201d the man explained. He added that a bridge was built high above the workshops. The construction workers told him that it was specially assembled for the guards to inspect and supervise the working process. Some camps have several factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Inside
Inside a factory in a transformation through education camp in northern Xinjiang, a bridge was built for guards to supervise working inmates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A factory in a transformation through education camp in northern Xinjiang.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Similar factories<\/a> have been built in most transformation through education camps<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s like killing two birds with one stone,\u201d another interviewed worker told Bitter Winter<\/em>. \u201cBy sending people to the concentration camps, the Communist Party can detain and transform all those who are deemed disobedient. On the other hand, it uses them as free labor in the factories to make considerable profits. It\u2019s a good deal for the Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho do you think funded the camp projects with such big sums of money?\u201d the third interviewed worker intervened. \u201cWho do you think gives money to the government to pay guards and personnel? Nothing comes for free. The CCP will never pull off a deal that harms its interest, much less tolerate detainees who just sit there doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cXi Jinping<\/a> wants to \u2018transform\u2019 ethnic minorities,\u201d Mr. Yang added. \u201cIt indoctrinates Uyghurs and other Muslims against their faith and traditions by forcing them to eat pork. The government is so evil. Those detainees who don\u2019t meet the CCP\u2019s \u2018transformation standards\u2019 and fail assessments can have their detention prolonged. Then the Communist Party will keep them in custody as long as it wishes. That\u2019s worse than serving a jail<\/a> term, which is at least limited.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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