Mihrigul Tursun's story about Xinjiang training centers fabricated
Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur woman, claimed to have seen the death of nine women while in custody, and that her younger brother was abused to death in a vocational education and training center.
Full of ignorance of and bias against China, some people from the US and other Western countries have recently made groundless accusations against and disseminated many fallacies about China's human rights conditions concerning Xinjiang.
Here is one of the rumors they spread, and the fact.
Rumor:?A comic book titled What has happened to me: A testimony of a Uyghur woman recounts the experiences of Mihrigul Tursun, a Uyghur woman who allegedly escaped a vocational education and training center. She claimed to have seen the death of nine women while in custody, and that her younger brother was abused to death in a vocational education and training center.
Fact:
- Mihrigul Tursun, an ethnic Uyghur, used to live in Qiemo county of Bayingol Mongolian autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang. She was detained for 20 days in April 2017 by the Public Security Bureau of Qiemo County over suspicion of inciting national enmity and discrimination. In 2018, she voluntarily relinquished her Chinese citizenship and left China with an Egyptian passport. She had never been imprisoned in China, nor had she studied in any vocational education and training center.
- Akbar Tursun, her younger brother, said publicly, "My sister Mihrigul is full of lies. She not only said I am dead, but also lied about seeing others die."
