Construction of five four-story buildings is complete at the “transformation through education camp” in Shule county’s Chengnan district.
Another building has been discovered as a “transformation through education” camp in Xinjiang.
As hundreds of Muslims of various ethnicities continue to be detained, Chinese authorities are working on creating more and more spaces to hold them. Bitter Winter has recently reported about a school in Nilka county, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, which was converted in a camp. A camp in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture is being passed off as a vocational training center.
Now, another building complex in Kashgar has been discovered as a camp. An insider revealed that the Chengnan Education and Training Center in Kashgar’s Baren township is not a school, but a camp where many Uyghurs are being held at the moment.
The Uyghur-dominated Kashgar is located in southern Xinjiang and a focal point of authorities’ suppression efforts.
The complex includes five four-story buildings, which house the detainees. There are four other dormitory buildings as well, but they are currently under renovation.
Each building has 28 rooms per floor, and each room is about 25 square meters in area. Two cameras are installed inside each room, resembling prison-like monitoring.
There are more buildings at the complex that are under construction. It is not yet known what they will be used for. However, the complex has been fenced with barbed wire already.
Reported by Li Zaili
Unfinished two-story buildings inside the Chengnan “transformation through education camp.” Some windows have been closed, and the roof is under construction.
These buildings are currently under renovation and not yet operational.
Police dormitory building at the “transformation through education camp” in Shule county’s Chengnan district. The dormitory building is surrounded by walls fitted with barbed wire.
Video 1: Rooms under renovation, each containing a small lavatory
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