Photo Gallery China's Oppressive Quest for a 'Harmonious Society'
A million Muslims are being held in reeducation camps in northwestern China, where they are forced to learn Mandarin and sing communist songs. Ex-prisoners who have escaped across the border to Almaty talk about their imprisonment.
The papers of a man who disappeared in China and is likely being held in one of the country's reeducation camps for Muslims. The documents are in possession of Atajurt, an NGO that documents the cases of ethnic Kazakhs who have vanished in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.
Foto: Robin Hinsch / DER SPIEGEL
Guly Omarkan fled to Almaty because life in China had become unbearable. A Chinese monitor moved into her family's home and, ultimately, her father was locked up.
Foto: Robin Hinsch / DER SPIEGEL
Orynbek Koksebek says he was imprisoned in northern Xinjiang. "One-hundred-twenty-five days in a cell. I've never harmed anyone. The only daylight I saw was on the way to the classroom."
Foto: Robin Hinsch / DER SPIEGEL
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