LEAKED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Konashaher List & The Xinjiang Police Files
To date, the Konashaher List & the Xinjiang Police Files are considered the most comprehensive publicized leak on the state re-education camps in the Uyghur Region. They are part of a huge cache of data hacked from police, camp, and public security bureau computers in Ili and Kashgar. They include thousands of pictures and documents from the counties of Konashaher and Tekes. Collectively, these documents are often referred to as the Xinjiang Police Files. The cache includes transcripts of speeches by senior party officials, official orders, and training materials, showing the extent of persecution and mass detentions in 2018. The documents were leaked in 2021 to an anonymous party and Dr. Adrian Zenz, who shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in 2022.
Xinjiang Papers
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims, Austin Ramzy & Chris Buckley, New York Times, Nov 16, 2019 The Xinjiang Papers includes classified Chinese government documents leaked by an anonymous government official. The documents reveal the historical lead up to the camps that justify the oppression as necessary to combat the threat of terrorism.
The China Cables
Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, November 24, 2019. The China Cables include a collection of classified leaked Chinese government documents leaked that uncover the operations manual for running the detention camps in the Uyghur Region. The manual instructs camp personnel on: how to prevent escapes, how to maintain total secrecy about the camps’ existence, methods of forced indoctrination, how to control disease outbreaks, and when to let detainees see relatives or even use the toilet.
The Karakax List
The Karakax List: Dissecting the Anatomy of Beijing’s Internment Drive in Xinjiang, Dr. Adrien Zenz, February 17, 2020. The Karakax List outlines the reasons why 311 persons from Karakax (Qaraqash) were interned for reasons such as: “visiting abroad,” “applied for a passport,” “applied for a passport and didn’t leave the country,” “overseas communication,” “prayed regularly,” “religious knowledge comes from grandfather,” or “had a beard.” This list also confirmed regular use of the Integrated Joint Operations Platform for surveillance and control, and the “Becoming Family” program as a tool for identifying Uyghurs who should be detained. The Uyghur Human Rights Project’s report on the Karakax List, can be found here.