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
tried to escape from the re education camps. all of this comes from an anonymous source who claims to have hacked them from a number of police service inside xinjiang and although they are unwilling to give us any details about their identity or their whereabouts, we have managed to verify and authenticate many of the files in the hacked data. these are the faces 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 3,000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have been swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention. the youngest, just 15. the uyghurs, with their turkic
from inside its system of mass incarceration in xinjiang. the government has long denied it is running detention camps for uighurs, insisting instead they are vocational schools for willing students. the photos, almost 3000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uighur society have been swept up person by person. the oldest was 73 at the time of her detention, the youngest just 15. the uighurs, 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. singing and with mounting criticism over the camps, the authorities have taken journalists on tours, showing them uighurs celebrating their culture and, they say, being guided away from extremism.
it was hacked from police computer servers in the region and includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy for anyone who tried to escape. the foreign secretary liz truss has called the information shocking. here s our correspondent, john sudworth. these are the faces 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 3,000 of them, show the reality of how whole swathes of uyghur society have been 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