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lations in East Turkestan. One of the many incidents described in the re-
port concerned descriptions of the grim prison conditions by the rela-

tives of one 17-year-old detainee:
The jail was so crowded that prisoners were held 5 or 6 to a single
cell – too small to allow them all to lie down at night; they had to
take turns to sleep. Whenever police officers "visited" them in their
cells, they were beaten. Those prisoners selected for interrogation
were taken to a special room where they were beaten, kicked and
given electric shocks with electric batons. The interrogation room was
equipped with a rail fixed on the wall. Some prisoners were hung on
the rail with one foot and one hand tied to the rail with handcuffs.
They were left in that position for 24 hours. When they were untied,
they could not stand straight. Some prisoners had their fingernails
pulled out with pliers. Others had wires inserted under the nails. 34

The prisoner who underwent those experiences spent two months
in prison, and was only released following payment of a 2,000 yen bribe
by his family. The torture inflicted on another prisoner at the Public

J ust one of the thousands of Uighur Turks, arrested by the Chinese security
forces in Gulja on February 4, 1997, subjected to unbelievable torture simply be-
cause of their beliefs.

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar