Gulbahar Haitiwaji, a Uyghur detained for three years, testifies publicly in French media France Inter, January 11, 2021.
Gulbahar Haitiwaji, a Uyghur woman who was imprisoned for three years after returning to Xinjiang and was able to return to France thanks to the active rescue efforts of the French government and her family, testified this Monday on several French TV and radio stations, making her the first Uyghur to testify in France so far who escaped directly from a re-education camp in Xinjiang.
“No one told me why I was locked up or what crime I had committed. I was chained to my bed for dozens of days, not knowing what crime I had committed. Dozens of us were locked up in a room and watched 24 hours a day. We had to attend Chinese lessons for several hours a day, and we had to learn Chinese history and revolutionary songs, and we had no right to speak the Uighur language among ourselves. Several women in the same room as me used to faint because it was too much to bear. “
Gulbach, who has lived in France for more than a decade and whose daughter has French citizenship, returned to Xinjiang in 2016 at the request of her former unit to go through retirement procedures and was then placed in a re-education camp. This was her first public appearance since returning to France.
In addition, after permanently shutting down President Trump‘s account, the online social media platform yesterday deleted a tweet from the Chinese embassy in the U.S. that said research shows the anti-terrorism campaign has promoted gender equality in Xinjiang, making Uyghur women increasingly open and less reproductive, and more independent and confident. When Twitter deleted the tweet, it simply claimed that it violated operational rules without further explanation. The tweet from the Chinese embassy in the United States had sparked an outcry from Twitter users. Adrian Zenz, a German scholar on China’s ethnic minorities, has previously called on Twitter to remove the tweets.
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