Arbitrary arrests of Muslims in Xinjiang are having devastating effects on the families and personal lives of both the arrested and those that manage to escape detention in prisons or “transformation through education” camps.
Li Zaili
CCP Monitors Xinjiang Educational Institute
The Xinjiang Supply and Marketing Technical School in Shihezi has students from Uyghur and Kazakh ethnicities, which is why it is under strict government surveillance.
Public Trials Re-Emerge in Xinjiang
In style reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution era, the local authorities sentenced 16 Uyghurs in a public trial recently.
Ethnic Uyghur Officials Persecuted
Authorities in Xinjiang are sentencing high-ranking Uyghurs to long prison terms as part of their anti-Muslim campaign.
Patients Discharged for Praying
Two Muslim patients were forced to leave the hospital prematurely after they were discovered worshiping. The hospital authorities also punished medical personnel for these incidents.
15 Years in Prison for a Social Media Post
A Muslim man in his twenties from Xinjiang has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for posting Islam-related information on social media.
Sentenced to Prison for an Old “Crime”
A farmer in Xinjiang was detained for teaching Arabic eight years ago. In 2017, he was arrested again for his old “crime” and sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
Employee at a Xinjiang’s Education Camp: “This is a Prison”
Bitter Winter interviewed a staff member at a “transformation through education” camp who disclosed details about living conditions of 12,000 detainees there.
Detained for Reading the Quran in Childhood
Authorities in Xinjiang have become “creative” in coming up with causes for arrests of the province’s Muslim population.
Traditional Muslim Holidays Gradually Outlawed
Muslims were afraid to celebrate this year’s Festival of Sacrifice in a mosque of Xinjiang’s Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture.
Li Zaili
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.