Satellite imageries suggest China is expanding detention camps in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) at an unprecedented pace. The time of detention camp booming coincides with the escalation of China’s war against “terrorism, separatism, extremism”, which is reported to be targeting Uyghur and Kazakh minorities. It’s unclear whether these detention camps serve as “re-education camps”.
Most detention camps in the imageries below are detention center 看守所, which is under prefecture or county’s jurisdiction. Detention center 看守所 is different from state or provincial prison 监狱. While China’s legal system is crippled, formal trial is still required to send people into prisons. But in detention center, legal procedure is a scarcity. Public Security Bureau administers detention centers. Local police has the authority to detain anyone without trial for an almost indefinite period of time. The mass construction of detention camps is probably an indication of the rapid deterioration of human rights situation in Xinjiang (East Turkistan).
Dabancheng 达坂城:
3 years ago
Yining/Ghulja 伊宁:
2 years ago
Kargilik叶城：
3 years ago
Karakax 墨玉：
4 years ago
Yarkant 叶城：
3 years ago
Lop 洛浦：
2 years ago
Makit 麦盖提：
5 years ago
Hotan 和田：
2 years ago
Hotan 和田：
3 years ago
Kuqa 库车：
2 years ago
Korla 库尔勒
4 years ago
Aksu 阿克苏
3 years ago
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