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.
Recent posts
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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.
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10 small insights into Xinjiang camps and factories (2018-2019)
A brief summary of takeaway points from a conversation between a former camp employee and a journalist, originally held off the record but now reproduced here in a very basic form.
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Prominent businessman, survivor of Xinjiang’s mass incarcerations, given 8 years in Kazakhstan
Esbol Muqamadan, a successful Kazakh entrepreneur and previously a victim of the mass incarcerations in Xinjiang, is now serving an eight-year prison sentence in his historical homeland – a verdict that he claims is partially due to political interference by the Chinese authorities.