XINJIANG / CHINA — China has built a vast camp system in Xinjiang and interned about a million Uyghurs. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, or ICIJ, says that a new leak has revealed the conditions in the system.<br /><br />The Guardian reports that the documents contain instructions for officials to "never allow escape."<br /><br />The orders demand constant surveillance with no blindspots and establishing guard towers and layers of fences and walls, according to the Guardian.<br /><br />The BBC reports that every aspect of life in the camps is controlled. The document shows that a detainee must take a fixed position for bed, for workshop, and for lunch queues. <br /><br />The BBC reports that the documents include orders to enforce strict discipline for sleeping, waking, closing doors and roll calls.<br /><br />Chinese officials claimed the camps give lessons on Chinese language and citizenship, but former detainees described them as harsh brainwashing sessions, the New York Times reports.<br /><br />According to the BBC, the camps established a points system based on the detainee's ideological transformation and compliance. <br /><br />The Guardian reports that those who loses points could be transferred to a higher tier of security camps and see their internment increased from the required term of one year.<br /><br />The ICIJ says the documents also revealed the extent of China's AI-powered domestic surveillance program. <br /><br />The predictive system tracks VISAs application records, use of encrypted apps and facial recognition to flag thousands of people for searches and detention.<br /><br />Speaking to the BBC, China's UK ambassador Liu Xiaoming dismissed latest Uyghur internment camp revelations as "fake news," in a press conference on Tuesday.
