French news agency finds ghost houses in China’s Xinjiang province
While visiting Uighur-majority villages in Yarkant French news agency AFP found that half of the adult male population may have been detained
BEIJING, China – Shuttered and abandoned houses in rural Xinjiang point to China’s crackdown on the Uighur Muslim minority.
A visit by the French news agency AFP to Uighur-majority villages in Yarkant found that half of the adult male population may have been detained.
Police documents obtained by German researcher Adrian Zenz indicate that at the height of the campaign, as many as half of the adult males in the villages may have been detained.
Since 2017, China has detained more than one million Uyghurs as part of its “anti-terrorism” policy, leading to allegations of widespread abuse.
The U.S. called this “genocide,” while the United Nations spoke of possible crimes against humanity.
However, China refers to these detention centers as vocational schools and claims that all inmates will have graduated by 2019.
Many reports, including those from human rights activists, suggest otherwise.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “unaware of relevant situations in individual cases”
China has repeatedly stated that it welcomes foreign journalists reporting in Xinjiang.
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