A Chinese document full of details about the lives of 300+ people of Uyghur ethnicity was leaked to a Uyghur young man living in The Netherlands. He and a friend managed to release it to media, and the world is getting another look at surveillance in Xinjiang.
A woman (Rosinza) living now in Turkey found her detained sister's name on the Chinese report. "[I]n a spreadsheet kept by local officials, her entire family's lives are recorded at length along with their jobs, their religious activity, their trustworthiness and their level of cooperation with the authorities." Rosinza's sister was detained for having too many children.
Other reasons some are detained: wearing a face veil, having a passport without traveling internationally, strong religious family traditions, owning illegal books, having a family member who used to be in jail.
The Chinese Foreign Minister claims that diplomats and media are welcome to see Xinjiang training camps for themselves, that they are benign. But CNN tried to visit and was blocked by local authorities from doing so.
from CNN
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