According to several human rights organizations, an estimated 2 million Turkish-speaking Uighur Muslims are being incarcerated in Chinese detention institutions. According to claims, the detainees were subjected to different sorts of torture, including electric shock in the genitals, the use of illegal narcotics, and the rape of female prisoners. China captured the sovereign state of East Turkestan in the 1940s and renamed it Xinjiang Province. Since then, a group of Uighur Muslims who live there have organized a protest against the Chinese occupation.
Various human rights organizations have stated that an estimated 2 million Turkish-speaking Uighur Muslims are being incarcerated in Chinese detention camps. There are reports that the detainees were subjected to different sorts of torture, including electric shock in the genitals, the use of illegal narcotics, and the rape of female captives. In the 1940s, China seized the sovereign state of East Turkestan and renamed it Xinjiang Province. Since then, a group of Uighur Muslims in the area has organized a protest against the Chinese occupation.
