"A 79-year-old Uyghur woman has been sentenced to 17 years in prison."

"China continues its policy of genocide, assimilation, and oppression in occupied East Turkistan. It has come to light that this time, the Chinese regime has sentenced an Uyghur mother approaching the age of 80 to first detention in a reeducation camp and later to a 17-year prison sentence.

SENT TO CAMP FOR 'LISYENING TO PRAYERS'

Helchem Pazil, a 79-year-old Uyghur, was sent to a reeducation camp in 2013 for attending a discussion about Islam, and by 2019, she was wrongly sentenced to 17 years in prison. It has been revealed that Helchem Han has been serving her sentence in the Sanchi Women's Prison in the northwest of East Turkistan since 2019."

CHINA'S DETENTION CAMPS IN EAST TURKISTAN

In East Turkistan, a systematic oppression and assimilation policy by the Chinese regime is subjecting the entire population to assimilation and genocide. All non-Chinese Turkic ethnic groups in East Turkistan, whether they are of national, religious, political, or cultural significance, have become victims of this oppression.

The Uyghur issue, which has escalated to the level of a severe genocide with egregious human rights violations in East Turkistan, has increasingly captured the attention of the global community. The Uyghur people, who are subjected to ethnic and cultural discrimination as well as serious human rights abuses, are employed as cheap labor by Chinese companies. Meanwhile, official data that has emerged indicates that the Chinese Communist Party administration has unlawfully detained millions of people in internment camps in East Turkistan, where cultural and ethnic genocide is being practiced. However, the Chinese government is attempting to conceal all information regarding the conditions of Uyghur Turks detained in these camps and prisons under inhumane circumstances and is denying the existence of genocide to the international community.

WRONGLY IMPRISONED

Even today, in East Turkistan, millions of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples are being unjustly imprisoned in undisclosed locations. This oppression continues unabated, and according to witness testimonies, detainees are subjected to torture. They live in unhealthy conditions with handcuffs on their hands and chains on their feet. Uncertain drugs and injections are given to those held in the camps. They endure torture such as nail pulling, whipping, and electric shocks. Women are subjected to mass rape.

Millions of young individuals in East Turkistan are forced into compulsory slave labor in labor camps or factories in China. Many are sent to internment and labor camps, while those left behind are forced to memorize political propaganda and work for free under the guise of public service. Women are sterilized, and pregnant women are forcibly aborted. Young women are compelled into marriages with Chinese men. Approximately 800,000 Uyghur Turkic children who are separated from their families are assimilated into "angelic nurseries," where they are raised to become communist individuals completely disconnected from Uyghur culture, language, philosophy, and worldview, living and speaking like Chinese individuals.

National and religious cultural heritages, Uyghur history and culture, Turkic-Islamic architectures, and the tombs of historical figures are being destroyed. Freedom of belief is being disregarded. Sixteen thousand mosques have been demolished. Countless Uyghur-language religious books, including the Quran, have been burned and destroyed. Praying and fasting are cited as reasons for internment. Simply having studied or traveled abroad, especially to Turkey, or being related to someone who has, is considered a reason for being sent to internment camps or imprisoned.

Under the guise of the "sibling family" project, Chinese officials are assigned to oversee every Turkic family. These so-called "siblings" violate family privacy by staying in Uyghur homes for days on end, monitoring the loyalty of family members to the regime.