Horrifying account of torture, inhumane detention condition and unjustified prison sentences highlighted by videos and text messages sent from one detention center in Kucha, #Xinjiang sent by a former #Uyghur model.
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He was first sentenced to 16 months in prison for “selling cannabis” that his friend insisted the charges were trumped up, then he was forced to return to his hometown in #Xinjiang soon after he served his prison sentence.
Then came the details of the torments and unimaginably inhumane conditions that he and other detainees have to experience in #Xinjiang. 50 to 60 of them were detained in one small space no bigger than 50 square meter.
All detainees wear black head sack, handcuffs, leg shackles and an iron chain connecting the cuffs to the shackles. All inmates were forced to stay in a caged-off area covering two-thirds of the cell.
"I lifted the sack on my head and told the police officer that the handcuffs were so tight they hurt my wrists. He shouted fiercely at me, saying 'If you remove your hood again, I will beat you to death'. And after that I dared not to talk”
"Dying here is the last thing I want."
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