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ism with their two hands," in order to "reform themselves," to be "born
once again," to become "new men." Slave laborers in "Laogai" brigades
not only work hard under inhumane conditions merely to purge their
crimes but also to "expiate for their sins." The Chinese penal system
has a very peculiar vocabulary: nearly every inhumane terminology
has a human correlation. One is never "punished," one "undergoes re-
form." Prisons are often called "schools" where one serves time by
"studying and learning" and "reforming oneself." A prisoner never
gets beaten, he is "given a lesson." He never gets insulted, he just gets
"criticized." And the jail
authorities lose no time
to let you know that "crit-
icism is proof that the
government is concerned
about you. Without criti-
cism there can be no
progress!" Informers are
those who help the gov-

A news report headed 'Work and be
silent' in the French magazine Le
Courrier International revealed
the full details of the repressive
nature of the camps. The report
spoke of minors under age 18
being forced to work without pay
and locked in cells like stables at
night. The article described how
the Guangdong camps in particu-
lar were no better than the con-
centration camps of World War II,
and concluded: "It is a truly terri-
ble situation. These people are in
an awful position in which it is
difficult even to survive…"

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar