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🚨 EXCLUSIVE TESTIMONY: A Former Xinjiang Prisoner Says Uyghur Detention Camps Are Still Operating — and Reveals What He Witnessed Behind Bars. A Han Chinese man who served two years in a Xinjiang prison for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party has escaped to Germany, where he is seeking political asylum. Mr. Wang says Beijing's campaign of repression and forced assimilation against Uyghurs is far from over. According to his account: 🔹 Detention camps are still operating. Wang says large numbers of Uyghurs remain confined in so-called "vocational education and training centers," where they are forced to learn Mandarin Chinese and undergo political indoctrination. Some have reportedly spent three or four years there. Those who pass political screening may be released, while others are transferred into the prison system. 🔹 About 90% of the roughly 6,000 inmates in his prison were Uyghurs, Wang claims. Many were serving sentences of more than 10 years. 🔹 Speaking Uyghur could bring punishment. Wang says Uyghur prisoners had to request permission before speaking their native language. Those who violated the rules risked beatings or electric shocks from high-voltage batons. 🔹 Even talking in their sleep could trigger interrogation. According to Wang, guards documented prisoners' words and behavior. Anyone who cried out during a nightmare could be awakened and ordered to explain themselves. Their explanations were then recorded. Wang himself was sentenced to two years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a vaguely defined offense frequently used by Chinese authorities against critics and dissidents. Court documents below, provided with the account, show that prosecutors accused him of posting comments in 10 WeChat groups criticizing China's COVID-19 restrictions, ethnic policies, Taiwan policy, and national leaders. He was released on October 3, 2024. But according to Wang, his imprisonment effectively continued outside prison walls. He says police and domestic security officers repeatedly summoned, monitored, and threatened him. They warned him not to disclose what he had witnessed in Xinjiang's detention facilities and prisons. When he left home, officers demanded his location. His family was also subjected to intimidation. Unable to endure the constant surveillance and fear, Wang eventually fled China. He left on September 10 and recently reached Germany, where he applied for asylum. He now hopes to speak publicly about what he witnessed and urges the international community not to forget the Uyghurs. The accompanying images show Wang's Chinese court judgment and prison release certificate. If his account is accurate, it raises an urgent question: How many Uyghurs remain detained today, years after Beijing claimed its vocational training program had ended? Source: Interview published by X user @ShenShen18978, accompanied by court and prison documents.