This is happening NOW
And we all need to wake up to it
An investigation “identified 315 sites that are currently being used as part of China’s mass detention programme”
Between Jun & Sept, more than 300 captives had been tortured to death”
#Uighurs
bylinetimes.com/2020/09/01/chi…
Innocent people being dragged from their homes with no warrant
And why?
“They were charged with mainly two indictment:
1. The crime of creating disturbances i.e. they had too many kids.
2. Disturbing the public peace i.e. growing long beard and/or long hair”
No lawyer allowed. No appeal.
“They were sentenced for 5 to 10 years in prison
“For the first 3 days, water was cut off, they were not allowed to drink, and the temperature was over 37
“Every midnight, the ambulances carrying corpses transferred them away”
And it could be worse
“The full extent of the horror remains largely unknown due the secretive nature of the Chinese Communist Party and its total control over media”
Foreign visitors are also banned from the region where it’s thought there are 315 camps
Hidden from view
Labour MP @YasminQureshiMP requested travel to the region, but was denied by the Chinese Gov
“Its continued resistance serves only to confirm our deepest fears
China has established the largest-scale detention of ethnic & religious minorities since the WW2”
Whatever it takes
Sanctions, severed international ties, intervention
Why isn’t it happening?
This is on our watch
And the longer it goes on, the more blood we have on our hands
#UighurGenocide #Uighur
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