Below is a list of additional readings on the Xinjiang Police Files, including the indefatigable Adrian Zenz’ admirable firsthand research and the reports of his collaborators, incl. the BBC, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and others. See below. I especially recommend the BBC materials as a starting point:
The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps. By John Sudworth. BBC, 24 May 2022.
Leaked data offers significant new insights into China’s Uyghur detention camps – John Sudworth, BBC News, May 24, 2022.
Hacked files reveal Chinese “shoot-to-kill” policy in Uighur detention camps – John Sudworth, BBC News, May 24, 2022.
“新疆公安文件”：中国拘留营中维吾尔人的面孔, by 沙磊（John Sudworth）. BBC 新闻. 2022年5月25日
The Xinjiang Police Files. Unprecedented evidence from internal police networks in China’s Xinjiang region proves prison-like nature of re-education camps, shows top Chinese leaders’ direct involvement in the mass internment campaign. A project of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. n.d. [MAY 2022].
The Xinjiang Police Files: Re-Education Camp Security and Political Paranoia in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Author; Adrian Zenz. Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies 3 (2022).
See also Adrian Zenz’s Twitter thread here and here.
Public Security Minister’s Speech Describes Xi Jinping’s Direction of Mass Detentions in Xinjiang. ChinaFile, May 24, 2022.
Investigations – China Cables. UK, US and Germany say Xinjiang Police Files offer ‘shocking’ new evidence of China’s human rights abuses. Officials from around the world renewed calls for an official investigation into the treatment of Uyghurs in China after a leak of confidential government records and chilling photographs taken inside internment camps in Xinjiang. By Scilla Alecci, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), May 24, 2022.
Trove of damning Xinjiang police files leaked as U.N. rights chief visits China. By Lily Kuo and Cate Cadell. The Washington Post, May 24, 2022.
Thousands of detained Uyghurs pictured in leaked Xinjiang police files. Documents detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visits region. The Guardian, May 24, 2022.
Xinjiang leak sheds new light on China’s ‘re-education’ camps. Radio France Internationale, May 24, 2022.
Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones. By Erin Handley. ABC Australia, 25 May 2022. Posted Yesterday at 3:25am, updated Yesterday at 3:39am.
China’s brutal ‘re-education’ camps exposed: Manacles, hoods, sadistic guards wielding baseball bats… will these leaked pictures revealing barbaric treatment of Uighur Muslims finally hold Beijing to account?<
–Images show brutal treatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s ‘re-education camps’
–Leaked data reveals a sickening shoot-to-kill policy for those trying to escape
–Elsewhere, horrific pictures appear to show shackled prisoners being tortured
–Thousands of Uighurs have been detained on trumped-up ‘terrorism’ charges
By INDERDEEP BAINS DEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER FOR THE DAILY MAIL. PUBLISHED: 17:04 EDT, 24 May 2022 | UPDATED: 08:01 EDT, 25 May 2022.
德国经济部长对迫害新疆证据震惊. 发表时间： 25/05/2022 – 18:07.
维吾尔少数民族遭迫害的“新疆警察文件”曝光，德国经济部长哈贝克对此表示震惊，强调德国已改变与中国来往的方式，更重视人权和减少对中国的依赖。中央社说，德国外长贝尔伯克（Annalena Baerbock）昨天与中国外长王毅视讯通话时，也提起“有关新疆人权受到严重侵害的惊人报道和新纪录”，呼吁中国用透明态度澄清这些指控。
China: Leaked Xinjiang files likely accurate, experts say. A cache of documents known as “The Xinjiang Police Files” sheds new light on human rights abuses by the Chinese government toward the region’s Uyghur minority. Experts tell DW the files are almost certainly authentic. Wesley Dockery, DW, 24.05.2022.
“The revelations pose troubling questions for world leaders alarmed by human rights abuses in Xinjiang. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Tuesday, and mentioned “the shocking reports and new evidence of very serious human rights violations in Xinjiang.”
Beijing’s Abuses Are Laid Bare in Xinjiang Police Files. New findings add to mounting evidence of China’s brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs. By Christina Lu, editorial fellow. Foreign Policy, May 25, 2022.
Xinjiang Police Files Show Xi Jinping’s Personal involvement in Uyghur Persecution. The files, in addition to adding to a mountain of evidence of the abuse and detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, include previously secret speeches tying the oppression directly to the top. By Bonnie Girard. The Diplomat, May 25, 2022.
What part of ‘Just kill them’ does the world not understand? Leaked documents proving China’s Uyghur genocide give the world no excuses not to act. Senior Contributing Editor Rob Eshman, Forward, May 25, 2022.
Faces of Chinese Uyghur detainees revealed in unprecedented police leak. Wednesday 25 May 2022, 12:28pm. Debi Edward, Asia Correspondent, ITV.
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