I begged them to kill me
I begged them to kill me
ex-Xinjiang detainee Mihrigul Tursun
gives testimony in the US
"‘Each time I was electrocuted, my whole body would shake violently
and I would feel the pain in my veins." Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur Muslim
detained in Chinese “political reeducation” camp, gives testimony at a US
hearing.
"The Chinese Government has long imposed harsh policies against
unregistered Christian churches, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, Falun Gong
practitioners and other new religious movements labeled as cults. Set against
this grim backdrop, the number of Chinese religious believers has grown rapidly
for several decades. In 2016 Chinese President and Communist Party General
Secretary Xi Jinping launched a “sinicization” campaign, resulting in
unprecedented efforts to manage, control, and even transform the religious
practices of tens of millions of China’s citizens. Revised Religious Affairs Regulations
took effect in February 2018, and the United Front Work Department (UFWD) took
over direct responsibility for religious and ethnic affairs. The UFWD is
charged with securing the support of non-Party sectors of society, including
religious groups. By placing religion under the direct management of the UFWD
and issuing new legal rules to govern religious practice, Xi Jinping has
asserted more direct control over religious life in China. In the past year,
religious venues were demolished, Bibles burned, and over a million Uyghurs and
other Muslim ethnic minorities were interned and many were forced to renounce
their religious faith."
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