aimed at countering china s influence. (singing). and we meet the nigerian queen who fits in her role as a royal with entertaining her subjects. hello and welcome. documents seen by the bbc that are said to have been hacked from chinese police computers show that uyghur prisoners in the western region of xinjiang are shot on sight if they are caught trying to escape. thousands of photographs shed light on a secretive system of mass incarceration. the chinese government has dismissed as fake news , claims that uyghurs are arbitrarily detained in the region. john sudworth, who spent many years reporting from xinjiang as the bbc s china correspondent, has this special report. these are the faces of china never intended us to see. from inside its system of mass incarceration and xinjiang. they insist these camps are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3000 of them show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have swept up person by person stopp
these are the faces of china never intended us to see. from inside its system of mass incarceration and xinjiang. they insist these camps are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3000 of them show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have swept up person by person stopping the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs with their turkic language, islamic traditions and roots and a history of separatism and violence have long faced tightening government control. and with mounting criticism
these are the faces of china never intended us to see, from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it s running detention camps for uyghurs, insisting instead they are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs, with their turkic language, islamic traditions and roots in a region with a history of separatism and violence have long faced cycles of tightening government control. and with mounting criticism over the camps, the authorities have taken journalists on tours, showing them uyghurs celebrating their culture and, they say, being guided