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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.
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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

@AdrianzenS The documents starkly contradict #China's claims about the camps. In response to our investigation, the government told us the documents were “pure fabrication and fake news.”

You can read them for yourself here: bit.ly/34e6PUt #ChinaCables

@AdrianzenS #ChinaCables reveals #China’s operations manual for mass internment that instructs officials how to:
– Mange toilet breaks for detainees
– Maintain absolute secrecy about the camps
– Prevent escapes
– Methods for forced indoctrination
– Set conditions for seeing relatives.

@AdrianzenS The #ChinaCables documents also include four ‘bulletins’ about a central data collection system that exposes China’s tech-savvy mass surveillance and its ambitious plans for “predictive policing.” One tells officials to target Uighurs “one by one.” bit.ly/2s7AsZr

@AdrianzenS One man's signature is on the classified #ChinaCables.

Zhu Hailun is a member of China's Han ethnic majority and was Xinjiang's top security official when he signed the documents. bit.ly/2QKJVQN

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