Apr 3, 2022
‘Strapped to tiger chair, raped, drugged’: Damning UN report reveals how China tortured, abused Uighurs in Xinjiang
The report describes in detail China’s use of re-education camps, called “Vocational Education and Training Centre” (VETC), for the purpose of “deradicalization”. The Chinese government in 2019 said the VETC is a “lenient” form of rehabilitation for those involved in “minor cases”. However, the UN report said that the distinction between what constitutes “serious” and