[TEXT: Xinjiang, China]
[TEXT: Security cameras with facial recognition technology,]
[TEXT: police checkpoints, phone inspections, and mandatory
physical exams.]
[TEXT: Source: China's problems with the Uyghurs, wocomoDOCS]
[TEXT: This is reality for China's Muslim minorities in Xinjiang
province.]
[TEXT: The Chinese government is actively suppressing]
[TEXT: the ethnic, cultural, and religious identities of its Muslim
citizens]
[TEXT: through an elaborate system of surveillance and internment
camps.]
[TEXT: Source: Shawn Zhang, Medium & Google, Digital Globe]
[TEXT: More than a million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities have
been detained for peacefully practicing their faith.]
[TEXT: Source: File photo from Xinjiang Judicial Administration WeChat account]
[TEXT: Many are reportedly beaten, tortured, forced to renounce
Islam and its practices,]
[TEXT: and made to memorize Chinese Communist Party propaganda.]
[TEXT: But even for those who avoid the internment camps, Xinjiang
has become an open-air prison.]
[TEXT: Source: China's problems with the Uyghurs, wocomoDOCS]
[TEXT: Now China plans to expand and export its surveillance
technology.]
[TEXT: No one should be oppressed for their ethnic, cultural, or
religious identity, or for practicing their faith.]
[TEXT: Source: China's problems with the Uyghurs, wocomoDOCS]
[TEXT: Select Media © AP Images]
[TEXT: Produced by the U.S. Department of State]
