Editorial Board, The Washington Post;
"Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uighurs, along with
Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities, have been sequestered in the camps,
which now number more than 1,000, according to outside experts. An estimated 2 million other people have been forced to undergo indoctrination sessions without formal detention. Those detained include Uighur intellectuals
and relatives of journalists who have reported on the campaign,
including those of U.S.-sponsored Radio Free Asia. Ms. McDougall said
more than 100 Uighur students returning from abroad had disappeared and some had died.
Inside the camps, detainees are bombarded with propaganda, forced to recite slogans and sing songs in exchange for food, and pressured to renounce Muslim practices. A statement released by Chinese dissidents last week
said torture in the centers is common, as are deaths. In all, the
campaign is the largest and most brutal repression the regime has
undertaken since the Cultural Revolution."
