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Uyghurs are about half of the population of Xinjiang, they aren't a minority there. So we know that likely around a few thousand terrorists from Xinjiang [1] r
by lucian1900 6y ago
Uyghurs are about half of the population of Xinjiang, they aren't a minority there.
So we know that likely around a few thousand terrorists from Xinjiang [1] radicalised by Saudi Wahhabists [2] went to Syria to fight alongside ISIS. It's also very likely the US helped fund them (just like with the Mujahideen in Afganistan), the NED pretty much admitted as much [3]. We later found out more about the terrorist campaign within Xinjiang itself [4]. The justice system's response to this small number of people included, among other things, attempts at rehabilitation for them and an intensification of the anti-poverty efforts in the region.
Then, anti-Chinese groups (often using Adrian Zenz as a source) attempt to conflate the treatment of a few criminals with the experience of the vast majority of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. That is where the problem lies with using satellite pictures which could be of anything: just because some prisons exist in a region doesn't mean everything there is a prison.
1. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/185086/299_Lin.pdf https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/185086/299_Lin.pdf
2. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-10/The-irony-of-the-U-S-s-Xinjiang-campaign--NWBJmIZPj2/index.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-10/The-irony-of-the-U-S-s...
3. https://www.ned.org/uyghur-human-rights-policy-act-builds-on-work-of-ned-grantees/ https://www.ned.org/uyghur-human-rights-policy-act-builds-on...
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4cYE6E27_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4cYE6E27_g