Database Entry: China Undercover
Internment Internment conditions

China Undercover

April 07, 2020
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RAHIMA:
[Speaking Kazakh] You were like a zombie in the camp, like someone who had lost their mind. You just think about being released and dream of that moment.
GULZIRA:
[Speaking Kazakh] There were cameras in the dormitories, five which rotated, as well as ones in the classrooms. There were bars and mesh wire all around us. If you exceeded 2 minutes in the toilet they hit our heads with an electric prod.
RAHIMA:
[Speaking Kazakh] They beat us, hit us and shouted at us. Damn those people.
There was one Uyghur woman who went mad.
GULZIRA:
[Speaking Kazakh] I was forced to sit on a hard chair twice for 24 hours. I was only given water once and went to the toilet where I sat.
RAHIMA:
[Speaking Kazakh] Many people were affected. Not only young women but even young men tried to commit suicide. Some did.