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This year, ICIJ published more investigations than ever before – some were based on new leaks, others responded to unfolding global news events, and many dug into patterns and topics to emerge from past ICIJ projects.
🧵Here’s a recap of our top stories:
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🧵Here’s a recap of our top stories:
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When Russia’s war on Ukraine sparked an unprecedented campaign of sanctions against allies of Vladimir Putin, ICIJ reporters mined the #PandoraPapers and other offshore leaks to uncover secret money maneuvers used to secure the wealth of oligarchs and more.bit.ly/3x7MykS
ICIJ also finished updating the #OffshoreLeaks Database with structured data extracted from the 11.9 million records that make up the #PandoraPapers — allowing the public to explore companies and people that use (and sometimes abuse) tax havens.
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NEW: Thousands of images and documents leaked from public security bureaus in Xinjiang provide an unprecedented view of the militarized nature of China’s mass internment camps, refuting official claims about so-called ‘educational centers’ for Uyghurs. 🧵 bit.ly/3PFV01u
The leak is the first of its kind, bringing to light photos taken inside the camps, and unearthing evidence of prison-like conditions in Xinjiang, police training materials, confidential transcripts and more. bit.ly/3PFV01u 
The #XinjiangPoliceFiles include mug shots and personal information of thousands of Xinjiang residents, about 2,900 of which were detained, dating back to the height of the Chinese government’s mass internment program of ethnic minorities in 2017 or 2018. bit.ly/3PFV01u
Der Technikkonzern Ericsson soll im Irak Schmiergelder für Aufträge gezahlt haben – und nicht nur dort. Interne Dokumente, die @ICIJorg zugespielt wurden, zeigen zudem: Damit könnten die Schweden auch die Terrormiliz Islamischer Staat unterstützt haben sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/eri…
Laut #EricssonList fanden interne Ermittler von Ericsson heraus, dass Korruption, Bestechung, Betrug und Veruntreuung, Bilanzfälschung und Geldwäsche gang und gäbe war, wie @KathRinaKut @SZ berichtet sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/eri…
Die #EricssonList-Recherchen sind nach #PanamaPapers #ChinaCables #PandoraPapers das nächste internationale Projekt von @ICIJorg, In Deutschland waren daran @SZ_Investigativ @KathRinaKut @NDRrecherche @WDRinvestigativ beteiligt
Vor einem Jahr haben wir @SZ_Investigativ @ICIJorg @NDRrecherche @WDRinvestigativ die chinacables.de veröffentlicht - es ging um eines der größten Menschenrechtsverbrechen unserer Zeit. Was seither geschah? Ein Überblick: sueddeutsche.de/politik/chinac… cc @Nrg8000 @Lea_Deuber
Die Uigurin Asiye Abdulaheb war nach eigenen Angaben eine der Personen hinter den #ChinaCables. Europa wirft sie im Interview mit @kaistrittmatter Untätigkeit vor. sueddeutsche.de/politik/china-…
Die Bundesregierung hat nach den #ChinaCables Aufklärung gefordert. Mit ihren Bemühungen ist sie aber nicht wesentlich vorangekommen. Auf Anfrage erklärt das Auswärtige Amt @HeikoMaas: „Seit Ende letzten Jahres hat sich die Lage aus Sicht der Bundesregierung nicht verbessert.“
Zhu Hailun was the architect of China's internment camps and his signature was on several of our #ChinaCables documents.
Read about him here: bit.ly/35nsPwu
Read about him here: bit.ly/35nsPwu
You can also read the #ChinaCables documents for yourself – bit.ly/2OEjCJs
#ChinaCables revealed the operations manual for the country's mass internment camps.
Together with 75+ reporters, we exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.
bit.ly/2QT3iHg
Together with 75+ reporters, we exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.
bit.ly/2QT3iHg
Major news on #ChinaCables:
The US sanctions four Chinese officials responsible for Uighur internment camps, including Zhu Hailun, the author of the leaked documents revealed by @ICIJorg
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The US sanctions four Chinese officials responsible for Uighur internment camps, including Zhu Hailun, the author of the leaked documents revealed by @ICIJorg
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Here’s our profile of Zhu Hailun, who the US Treasury sanctioned for having “established the policies and procedures for managing these detention camps.”
He was the right-hand man of Xinjiang governor Chen Quanguo
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He was the right-hand man of Xinjiang governor Chen Quanguo
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“We shall load our guns, draw our swords from their sheaths, throw hard punches and relentlessly beat, and strike hard without flinching at terrorists,” Zhu once told Chinese soldiers sent to put down ethnic unrest in Xinjiang
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theguardian.com/world/2017/feb…
Congratulations to the 75+ reporters from 14 countries who worked on #ChinaCables!
The investigation into China's surveillance and mass internment of Uighurs and other minorities won @SPJDC's Robert D. G. Lewis Watchdog Award last night!
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The investigation into China's surveillance and mass internment of Uighurs and other minorities won @SPJDC's Robert D. G. Lewis Watchdog Award last night!
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Judges said the investigation, which was based on leaked classified government documents, was an “an impressive use of records, source trust-building and shoe-leather reporting on a delicate and dangerous situation, with global implications.”
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Two of our other investigations - #MauritiusLeaks and #BriberyDivision – were also honored as finalists in the awards.
Congrats to all the reporters from across the world who helped tell these important stories! 🥳 We couldn't do it without you!
#Collaborativejournalism
Congrats to all the reporters from across the world who helped tell these important stories! 🥳 We couldn't do it without you!
#Collaborativejournalism
The leaked #KarakaxList mentions at least 4 “re-education camps” that Uighur detainees were sent to in #Xinjiang.
Together with @CherieChancy and @NaomiConrad, we verified and located the camps using satellite images and governmental documents and bids. (Thread)
Together with @CherieChancy and @NaomiConrad, we verified and located the camps using satellite images and governmental documents and bids. (Thread)
We were able to verify and locate two of the “re-education camps” (1+2) mentioned in the #KarakaxList.
And we also located two other camps (3+4), using satellite images and governmental documents, including tender bids and financial plans.
And we also located two other camps (3+4), using satellite images and governmental documents, including tender bids and financial plans.
We had a closer look at the largest “re-education camp” mentioned in the leaked #KarakaxList which is based at the south-east corner of an industrial park. (Satellite imagery 26.11.2019).
*BREAKING*: 3rd MAJOR LEAK from XJ - a detailed list of Uyghurs in re-education, w/ reasons for internment & why they should (not) be released! Same source as #ChinaCables. Unprecedented insight into the minutiae of Xinjiang's internment drive.
MY PAPER: jpolrisk.com/karakax
MY PAPER: jpolrisk.com/karakax
137 pages, 667 rows & personal details of 2,800 Uyghurs (23.4% of them in camps/prisons): the #KarakaxList presents the STRONGEST EVIDENCE to date that Beijing is actively persecuting normal practices of traditional religious beliefs, in direct violation of its own constitution.
These Uyghurs from Qaraqash (Karakax) are shown to be interned in four main camps, three of which could be identified on satellite and related government documents. I was able to verify the identities of 337 persons in the #KarakaxList through 1000s of secondary gov't documents.
@CGTNOfficial asks: what are Xinjiang's re-education camps really about? CGTN produced several clips, but sadly omitted some of the most crucial evidence: government documents. Below is an easy step-by-step guide to what Beijing's own documents say about these camps. THREAD
The Chinese government says that re-education work must "wash brains, cleanse hearts, support the right, remove the evil (洗脑净心扶正祛邪)". archive.is/ARyEg
It also specifically says that "Vocational Skills Education Training Centers wash clean the brains of people who became bewitched by the extreme religious ideologies of the ‘three forces’". archive.is/OowEo
THREAD: amidst the #ChinaCables, a lot of new evidence and analysis in my latest paper on the re-education campaign (which came out on Nov 24, same day as #ChinaCables), got buried. Below is a detailed thread outlining new key findings.
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Firstly, the gov't itself says that re-education work must "wash brains, cleanse hearts, support the right, remove the evil (洗脑净心扶正祛邪)". archive.is/ARyEg
The government website with this highly incriminating statement was deleted literally the day after I first cited it in a publication. The archived version above remains available.
BREAKING: Uyghur who leaked #ChinaCables goes public. She received threats to be "cut into pieces", her husband was lured to Dubai by Chinese state security, told to spy on her.
Reads like a thriller. I had the privilege of being part of this story. volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
Reads like a thriller. I had the privilege of being part of this story. volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…
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"Stop it! Otherwise, you'll end up cut into pieces in the black rubbish bin in your front yard," the anonymous threat message says in Uyghur.
THREAD: What can we learn from the fact that Beijing did not even try to do a halfway decent job when framing myself & @dtbyler as supposedly working for a 'U.S. intelligence agency'? globaltimes.cn/content/117204…
1. The report cites outdated affiliations. Both myself and Darren have new affiliations since this summer/autumn.
2. The framing is not even remotely believable. Darren and I never ever collaborated. We only ever met once in person. We were simply lumped together.
2. The framing is not even remotely believable. Darren and I never ever collaborated. We only ever met once in person. We were simply lumped together.
3. There was not even the attempt to give any (even false) "evidence" for this framing. The report does not even cite that I briefed the State Department & the National Security Council at the White House, both of which would make such framing more believable (well, kind of).
[A dérouler ⬇️] Portes fermées à double tour, vidéosurveillance "complète" jusque dans les dortoirs : une nouvelle fuite de documents officiels chinois jette une lumière crue sur les "centres de formation professionnelle" où seraient détenus plus d'un million de musulmans #AFP
Ces documents, obtenus par le Consortium international des journalistes d'investigation (ICIJ) et publiés hier par 17 organes de presse à travers le monde, détaillent les règlements draconiens régissant les sites de détention installés au Xinjiang #AFP
D'après des organisations de défense des droits de l'homme, plus d'un million de musulmans, principalement d'ethnie ouïghoure, sont détenus dans des camps de rééducation politique dans cette vaste région du nord-ouest de la Chine #AFP
NEW: ICIJ's #ChinaCables investigation reveals the chilling operations manual behind China's mass internment camps in Xinjiang
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The internment camp manual, along with bulletins giving directions for sweeping up citizens without judicial proceedings using a predictive policing app, offer an terrifying inside view of 21st century totalitarianism
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For the project, I profiled Zhu Hailun, the Chinese official who issued these disturbing orders. He was the second-ranking official in Xinjiang and the region's top security officer
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NEW: #ChinaCables is a leak of highly classified Chinese documents that expose the inner workings of mass detention camps in Xinjiang and reveal, in the government's own words, how it manages the day-to-day internment and forced indoctrination of Uighurs.
bit.ly/2QT3iHg
bit.ly/2QT3iHg
Together with 75+ reporters from 17 media partners in 14 countries, we spoke with more than 40 Uighurs and experts, including @AdrianzenS, who confirmed what the documents told us. bit.ly/2KJ3Vj1 #ChinaCables
@AdrianzenS Our investigation confirms the scale of the mass-detention program and reveals the severity of conditions hidden behind fences and watchtowers. Watch: bit.ly/2KOAaxn #ChinaCables
