China detains Uighurs for growing beards or visiting foreign websites, leak reveals
(The Guardian China)

Database known as the `Karakax list´ shows people sent to internment camps for reasons such as `minor religious infection´Growing a beard, wearing a veil or accidentally visiting a foreign website were among the justifications for sending Uighurs to China´s notorious detention camps, according to a leaked database, casting doubt on Beijing´s claim to be conducting a re-education campaign to root out extremism.The newly revealed database - known as the `Karakax list` after the county where it was compiled - comprises 137 pages and exposes in detail the main reasons for the detention of more than 300 people on the edge of Xinjiang´s Taklamakan desert. Related: `Allow no escapes`: leak exposes reality of China`s vast prison camp network Continue reading...