The Xinjiang Data Project is a China-focused Australian research project created and managed by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).[1][2] The project states that it has identified grave human rights violations in Xinjiang, including the mass detention of minorities, and compulsory sterilizations.[3][4][5]
Launch and funding
The ASPI launched the Xinjiang Data Project in September 2020 as a part of its International Cyber Policy Centre.[3] According to the project's website, initial funding for the project came from the United States Department of State.[1][2]
Publication of information from Xinjiang
According to the project, satellite data has allowed it to locate "380 suspected detention facilities" in Xinjiang,[6] and to estimate that 35 % of mosques in the region have been demolished, including a pilgrimage town, Ordam Mazar.[3] The project says that it has also used interviews from former inmates to collect information.[5] The project has promoted research by Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, who says that China has embarked on a program of mass sterilization in Xinjiang.[7][4]
The Chinese government has responded that the camps are vocational training and re-education programs meant to alleviate poverty and counter terrorism.
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