Leaked documents reveal violent detainment methods in China’s Xinjiang region

The Xinjiang Police Files include details of a shoot-to-kill policy for people trying to escape the detention camps. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Leaked documents reveal violent detainment methods in China’s Xinjiang region [A security person watches from a guard tower around a detention facility in Yarkent County in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, March 21, 2021.] Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP/File photo China Thousands of photos and official documents — dubbed the [Xinjiang Police Files]( — have been leaked, revealing violent methods used to intern people in China's Xinjiang region. The documents were obtained by academic Adrian Zenz through hackers, dating back to 2018, and were published by a consortium of media, including the BBC. They include details of a shoot-to-kill policy for people trying to escape detention camps. The Chinese government has been accused of detaining more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in a years-long crackdown that some Western nations have called “genocide,” over forced labor, coerced sterilization and the destruction of the Uyghur cultural heritage. Beijing has denied the claims, saying it’s pursuing de-radicalisation and vocational training. The leak comes as UN human rights chief [Michelle Bachelet begins her trip]( to Xinjiang. Ukraine Ukrainian authorities say that workers have found [200 bodies decomposing]( in the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol. The city had faced missile attacks and a nearly three-month siege, during which [people were trapped]( with little food, water, heat or electricity. The port city fell to Russian forces last week after some 2,500 Ukrainian fighters abandoned their last stand at a steel plant. 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