The Xinjiang Victims Database (shahit.biz) documents the individuals interned in, or made victims by, the mass-incarceration campaign undertaken by the Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Here, you may find our blog outlet, where we post original articles, write-ups, and translations.
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Visual signs of violence, or lack thereof, in the Xinjiang Police Files photos
The regular use of violence in detention, both in punishment and interrogation, has been reported in the vast majority of eyewitness accounts from Xinjiang. In an attempt to corroborate this forensically, the Xinjiang Victims Database analyzed the thousands of photos from the Xinjiang Police Files for evidence of skin discoloration, so as to identify potential…
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An estimate on the number of children separated from parents in southern Xinjiang
In the vast majority of cases, the father was detained first and the mother was detained later. The most common scenario by far was the father being given a long prison term in 2017 and the mother being sent to camp the following year.
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Kazakhstan is a “dangerous country”. Why Nur-Sultan cannot protect those who fled from Xinjiang
Despite seeking asylum in Kazakhstan, refugees from Xinjiang also consider the country dangerous. Ethnic Kazakhs and Uyghurs do not stay in Kazakhstan for long and look for ways to leave.