Former Uyghur Inmates Tell of Torture and Rape in China’s ‘Re-Education’ Camps

Xinjiang-born Omir Bekli, 42, reunited with his family after almost eight months detention in Xinjiang, China. Supplied

Uyghurs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region are being tortured, raped, and killed in secretive “political re-education” camps, former detainees have told The Epoch Times.

“Upwards of 1 million” of the predominantly Uyghur prisoners continue to be detained in what were, until Oct. 9, extrajudicial internment camps in western China, according to figures quoted by the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the United Nations.