Xinjiang Police Files hacked and released 5000 disturbing images of Uyghurs being interned
A report says that data obtained from Xinjiang police displays images of the Chinese government’s detention programme as UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet visits the region. The leaked material known as Xinjiang police files allegedly depicts Uyghurs being interned.
The data, which was supplied to the BBC, allegedly revealed China’s extensive imprisonment of Uyghurs, including “re-education” camps.
According to the BBC, the hacked data contain over 5,000 images of Uyghurs taken by police, with over 2,000 being arrested with guards armed with batons standing on the side.
China has denied running detention centres in Xinjiang on several occasions. As the files were being disclosed, Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock spoke to China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, transmitting “horror reports and additional proof of very serious human rights violations in Xinjiang.”
According to the article, the group’s youngest member was 15 at the time of incarceration, while the oldest was a 73-year-old lady. According to the article, some people were held because of their Islamic faith or for travelling to Muslim-majority nations.
According to the BBC, “tens of thousands of photographs and papers” were discovered, as well as “secret speeches by senior officials, internal police manuals, and personal information.”
The files were allegedly hacked and encrypted from Xinjiang police servers and handed over to Adrian Zenz, who had previously been sanctioned by the Chinese government for Xinjiang study. According to a BBC story, the hacked data dates from 2018.
The files show a shoot-to-kill policy for individuals attempting to flee, as well as handcuffs and shackles for “students” being transferred between sites.
BREAKING: huge trove of files obtained by hacking into Xinjiang police / re-education camp computers contain first-ever image material from inside camps, reveal Chen Quanguo issuing shoot-to-kill orders, Xi Jinping demanding new camps because existing ones are overcrowded. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6K19Wxf0Lx
— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) May 24, 2022
