China: New documentary sheds light on Uyghur detention camps in Xinjiang

A 20-minute documentary posted on video-sharing platform YouTube has reportedly provided evidence on incidents of human rights abuse against China's Uyghur Muslim mirity in Xinjiang region.  documentary on Xinjiang, created by a user named 'Guanguan’, was released with English subtitles on October 5th and reveals sites of some detention camps.  

In documentary, Guanguan says that foreign journalists can hardly acquire access to Xinjiang to do interviews due to Chinese government's restrictions. He also claims that Chinese government has established multiple detention camps in Xinjiang where ethnic mirities and dissidents are imprisoned without trial, Radio Free Asia reported.

Over 1.8 million people reportedly detained in Xinjiang's camps

Chinese officials reportedly built se camps, in which over a million people have been detained. According to Council of Foreign Relations, majority of those jailed arbitrarily are Uyghurs, a largely Turkic-speaking ethnic group from China's rthwestern region of Xinjiang. se prison centres are labelled re-education camps by Chinese Communist Party. An estimated 1.8 million people are reportedly housed in camps. Scenes from Kumul, Mori Kazakh Automous County, Urumqi, and or places in Xinjiang are included in video. Take a look:

In documentary, Guanguan shows bars over building's windows and a razor-wire fence around complex walls as he drives through Hami Drug Rehabilitation Center in eastern Xinjiang. He drives down a route in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Automous Region, that is lined with watchtowers and towering gates topped with barbed wire, to which he stated that this has to be Urumqi's "greatest concentration camp cluster."

Protests against China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims

China has been chastised around world for allegedly detaining Uyghur Muslims in huge camps, interfering with ir religious activities, and subjecting community members to forceful re-education. US was first country to label Chinese actions in Xinjiang as "gecide" earlier this year. Protests over China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province have recently taken place outside Chinese embassy in London and consulate in Manchester. China, on or hand, continues to refute claims.

(With inputs from ANI, Im: AP/@alisonkilling/Twitter)