China’s secret internment camps

...and the internet detectives working to find them. Become a Video Lab member! China has been quietly detaining its population of Uighurs, the country’s Muslim minority, in internment camps. First-hand accounts from inside the camps paint a brutal picture of torture and political indoctrination. At first, China denied the existence of these camps and tried to cover them up. But as a network of academics and activists uncovered evidence of the camps’ locations, and the reality of what’s going on inside, China changed its story. Read more about about China’s crackdown on Muslims from Sigal Samuel on Vox: Further reading: China’s brutal crackdown on the Uighur Muslim minority, explained China’s final solution in Xinjiang Migration and inequality in X