Dharamshala, 12th October: According to a former Chinese police detective, hundreds of police officers armed with rifles went house to house in Uyghur settlements in China’s far western area, removing people from their houses, handcuffing and hooding them, and threatening to shoot them if they fought. To safeguard his family members who remain in China, the ex-detective turned whistleblower requested anonymity in an interview with CNN.
He claims that every new detainee in Xinjiang was beaten during the interrogation process, including men, women, and children as young as 14. Shackling people to a metal or wooden “tiger chair” (chairs meant to immobilize suspects), hanging them from the ceiling, sexual abuse, electrocutions, and waterboarding were among the methods used. According to him, inmates were frequently forced to stay awake for days and were refused food and drink.
According to him, torture in police detention institutions ended only when the suspects confessed. They were then moved to another facility, such as a prison or an internment camp supervised by prison guards.
Since 2017, up to 2 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been held in Xinjiang internment camps, according to the US State Department. China claims the camps are vocational and designed at countering terrorism and separatism, and has denied human rights abuses in the region on numerous occasions.
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