Detained Uyghur Intellectuals

In an effort to break cultural identity, Chinese authorities have been detaining up to three million innocent Uyghur men and women in concentration camps where they are becoming victims of genocide in East Turkistan. The Chinese government refers to these camps as “re-education camps” and “vocational training centers”. However, Uyghur intellectuals, artists and celebrities are first to be targeted by the authorities. Do these doctors, poets, professors, artists, scientists, journalists, etc., really need “re-education” and/or “vocational training”? Many of these Uyghurs received awards from the Chinese government itself, and some have even shown their allegiance to the government. Beijing’s repertoire of “poverty alleviation” by “re-educating” the “ignorant” and “backward” Uyghurs makes, once again, no sense.  These intellectuals, scholars and artists are key to preserving the Uyghur culture, language and identity. This poses problems to the Chinese authorities plans of eradication of Uyghur culture which makes the target of intellectuals even more important.

List of Uyghur intellectuals imprisoned in China from 2016 to the present

(Last updated by Abduweli Ayup on March 31st, 2020)

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