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China has denied using forced labor camps in the Xinjiang province. So, the Globe and Mail investigated. And, what did they find? Surprise, surprise, they found what certainly looks a lot like forced labor camps.

Chinese tech giant Huawei tested an AI face-detecting software that finds Uighur people and alerts the authorities, according to the company’s own internal documents. This is alarming news, as it shows Beijing is using using all of the tools at is disposal to hunt down the beleaguered minority group.

Recently, Columbia professor Leta Hong Fincher has warned China watchers at the Center for International and Strategic Studies conference that the country is embarking on a eugenics program. 

“What caught my eye was that they actually use specific language saying that China needs to ‘upgrade population quality,’” she said. “They need to ‘optimize their birth policy.’ They even use a term … which is effectively emphasizing the role of eugenics in population planning in China.”

Pope Francis’s new book contained a long-awaited, if too subtle, condemnation of Beijing’s treatment of religious minorities, especially the Uighur people. As part of its “re-eduction” of the Uighur people, Beijing is forcing them to eat pork, a major violation of their religious beliefs.

This summer, a recent report out of Australia revealed a shocking number of global companies have been exploiting the Uighur forced labor camps set up by the Chinese government. Here are just some of those companies: Abercrombie & Fitch, Amazon, GAP, H&M, Nike, Jack & Jones, Sharp, Siemens, Skechers, ASUS, Apple, Samsung, Huawei, BMW, Volkswagen, Sony, Polo Ralph Lauren, Puma, Victoria’s Secret, Vivo. Many of those companies are now lobbying against a congressional bill that would crack down on the importation of goods made by forced labor in China.

Two months ago, a group of about two dozen Uighurs took China to the International Criminal court, citing crimes against humanity, torture, and genocide.

A Uighur doctor has described horrific things happening as part of China’s attempts to control the Uighur population, including forced abortions and hysterectomies. This doctor’s testimony confirms what Uighur women have said about their experiences under Beijing’s genocidal campaign, describing forced sterilization and other human rights violations.

A coalition of more than 180 human rights groups says that is “virtually certain” one in five cotton products are the result of forced Uighur labor, and that almost entire fashion industry is complicit in the forced labor.

France has called for outside observers in Chinese Uighur areas as evidence of genocide mounts. A group of British lawyers has also said that the international community is legally obligated to act. 

A New York Times investigation has revealing that the Chinese government may be forcing Uighur people to make face masks, some of which end up in the United States. The Times was able to trace one shipment to the state of Georgia, for example.

A new report in Foreign Policy has concluded that China’s treatment of the Uighur, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities constitutes genocide.

The news come as China ramps up its attempts to wipe out the Uighur people by attempting to control their population growth. The government is forcible implanting IUDs,  sterilizing, and performing abortions on Uighur to prevent them from procreating.

The Chinese government is also sending Uighurs to detention camps for growing beards or wearing veils, both related to Muslim practices. What’s more, the government is also detaining Uighurs for visiting foreign websites.

Beijing is also allegedly forcing Muslim members of the Uighur community to redecorate their homes, removing anything that doesn’t appear “traditionally Chinese” and replaced with decorations that do.

In addition, Satellite images have revealed that over 100 Uighur graveyards have been destroyed, further evidence of China’s attempts to erase the Uighur people.

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