{"id":4229,"date":"2018-10-21T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/10\/21\/internment-camps-make-uighurs-life-more-colourful-says-xinjiang-governor\/"},"modified":"2018-10-21T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T16:19:35","slug":"internment-camps-make-uighurs-life-more-colourful-says-xinjiang-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/internment-camps-make-uighurs-life-more-colourful-says-xinjiang-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Internment camps make Uighurs’ life more colourful, says Xinjiang governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A senior official in Xinjiang has described mass internment camps for Muslim minorities as \u201ctraining\u201d and \u201cboarding schools\u201d where residents receive vocational, legal, and language training as well as \u201cde-<\/span>extremisation<\/span> education\u201d.<\/p>\n

Beijing has faced growing international criticism for its crackdown in Xinjiang, a far north-western territory of China where it holds as many as a million Muslims prisoner in camps. Former detainees have said<\/a> that they were subjected to political indoctrination and abuse.<\/p>\n

In a rare, detailed interview published by the state-run news agency Xinhua, the Xinjiang governor, Shohrat Zakir, said: \u201cXinjiang conducts vocational skills education and training according to law. The purpose is to fundamentally eliminate the environment and soil that breeds terrorism and religious extremism, and eliminate the<\/span>terrorism<\/span> activities before they take place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n