{"id":288097,"date":"2023-03-29T16:38:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T21:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=288097"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:15:23","slug":"uyghur-torture-concentration-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/uyghur-torture-concentration-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Uyghur women testify of rape, torture, forced sterilization in China’s concentration camps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pair of women who survived concentration camps in China have testified before Congress about their experiences.<\/p>\n

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a hearing this week, titled “The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide<\/a>.” Among the numerous people who testified were Gulbahar Haitiwaji and Qelbinur Sidik, both of whom survived concentration camps in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n

Haitiwaji testified<\/a> that she had safely left China for France, only to be called back under the guise of signing paperwork for her retirement pension. Haitiwaji, a Uyghur woman, complied and returned to China, where she was then detained and imprisoned for years<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I endured constant interrogations and brutalities,” she said. “I was chained to my bed for 20 days as punishment once.”<\/p>\n

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