1. I wonder how come some UK politicians are so gullible to disinformation? For example,
the claim that "nearly one million #Uyghurs are detained", an outright rumor, is based on two highly dubious "studies".
the claim that "nearly one million #Uyghurs are detained", an outright rumor, is based on two highly dubious "studies".
2. The first "study" was done by the 🇺🇸 government-backed Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) with interviews of only eight people.
The CHRD applied the estimated ratio shown in this absurdly small sample to the whole of #Xinjiang, drawing a crude conclusion that
The CHRD applied the estimated ratio shown in this absurdly small sample to the whole of #Xinjiang, drawing a crude conclusion that
3. One million people were detained in the "re-education detention camps" and two million were "forced to attend day/evening re-education sessions".
4. The second "study" was done by a far-right fundamentalist Christian #AdrianZenz, a.k.a. Zheng Guoen.
6. and a senior member in a research group set up with the masterminding of the US intelligence community to study #Xinjiang's vocational education and training centers.
7. He believes he is "led by God" on a "mission" against #China.
In September 2018, Zenz wrote an article published in the Central Asian Survey journal, concluding that "Xinjiang's total re-education internment figure may be estimated at just over one million."
In September 2018, Zenz wrote an article published in the Central Asian Survey journal, concluding that "Xinjiang's total re-education internment figure may be estimated at just over one million."
8. According to The Grayzone, Zenz based this conclusion on a single report by Istiqlal TV, a Uyghur exile media organization based in #Turkey.
Far from a journalistic organization, Istiqlal TV advances separatism while playing host to an assortment of extremist figures.
Far from a journalistic organization, Istiqlal TV advances separatism while playing host to an assortment of extremist figures.
9. One such character who often appears on Istiqlal TV is Abduqadir Yaqupjan, a leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Maybe it was because the reference he cited was too absurd even to himself, that Zenz admitted that "there is no certainty" to his estimate.
10. But Zenz "bumped up" his estimate again in November 2019, claiming #China was detaining 1.8 million people.
11. To learn more about What's False and What's True on #China-related #HumanRights Matters, refer to the following link:
fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6… @MFA_China
fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6… @MFA_China
