1 in 26 Uyghurs jailed, accounting 1/3 of China’s prison population: Uyghur Human Rights Project report

May 4, 2024 | ANI News

A new Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) report indicates that Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the Uyghur Region account for more than a third (34 per cent) of China’s estimated prison population, despite making up only one per cent of China’s overall population. When accounting for the total regional population, the Uyghur region has the highest prison rate in the world at an estimated 2,234 per 100,000.A UHRP Insights column by Ben Carrdus, UHRP Senior Researcher, and Peter Irwin, UHRP Associate Director for Research & Advocacy suggests that Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the region are imprisoned at a rate of 3,814 people per 100,000.

“The actual situation in Xinjiang may even be worse, said UHRP senior researcher Ben Carrdus, who wrote the report.”

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