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Empty Lots, Green Spaces, and a Parking Lot – What Happened to the Demolished Uyghur Cemeteries?

Human Rights

Empty Lots, Green Spaces, and a Parking Lot – What Happened to the Demolished Uyghur Cemeteries?

Analysis of 48 Uyghur cemeteries in Xinjiang indicates that while many were repurposed for the reasons cited by the Chinese government, fully a third were demolished with no further development on the site.

Geolocating Explosive Growth in Preschools in Western China due to 're-education' Policies

Human Rights

Geolocating Explosive Growth in Preschools in Western China due to 're-education' Policies

Twenty facilities that imagery analysis, press and professional journals suggest house Uyghur children have been identified in this first study of geolocating China's detention infrastructure targeting Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups.

Part 2: Geolocating Growth of Suspect "Boarding" Facilities in Xinjiang China

Human Rights

Part 2: Geolocating Growth of Suspect "Boarding" Facilities in Xinjiang China

RAND has identified 55 facilities suspected of housing young children the construction of which coincided with a publicly stated policy to build “boarding schools” in Xinjiang. Western researchers and press allege that Xinjiang authorities are using repurposed and newly built schools to board Uyghur youth as part of a policy of intergenerational separation.