Over 100 Christians sent to ‘re-education’ camps in Xinjiang, China

Esther S.

Source: Keep the Faith

February 5, 2018

    

More than 100 Christians have been sent to ‘re-education’ camps in China’s north-western Xinjiang province over the past few months according to Open Doors sources. These ‘mind-transformation centres’ teach citizens to be loyal to the communist ideology.

Most of those detained are from the Uyghur ethnic minority group and have a Muslim background. In recent years the Uyghurs they have been the prime targets of the government’s ‘anti-terror’ campaign, aimed at cracking down on both separatist groups and militant Islamists. Uyghur people who have converted to Christianity have also been caught up in the crackdown.

...Read the rest at  Keep the Faith.

Esther S.

2/6/2018

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