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Chinese concentration camps in XUAR province, where religious and ethnic repression is carried out against traditionally Muslim peoples, classified as ethnocide, ethnic cleansing and genocide

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

2014

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2014

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Perhat Tursun
    1969 · poet

    Perhat Tursun (Uyghur: پەرھات تۇرسۇن; Chinese: 帕尔哈提·吐尔逊; born January 1969) is a Uyghur writer and poet.

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World Prisons. (2026). Xinjiang internment camps. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/xinjiang-internment-camps
Chicago
"Xinjiang internment camps." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/xinjiang-internment-camps.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-xinjiang-internment-camps,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Xinjiang internment camps},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/xinjiang-internment-camps},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}