China Pays Citizens To Marry Muslims In Effort To Wipe Out Uyghurs: Report

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China Pays Citizens To Marry Muslims In Effort To Wipe Out Uyghurs: ReportKEY POINTS- The arranged marriages are part of China's "National Unity, One Family" campaign- Uyghur women who refuse the arranged marriage were threatened to be sent to internment camps- China has previously been accused of detaining and torturing Uyghurs in internment campsThe Chinese government is reportedly paying its citizens to marry Muslims in an attempt to wipe out the Uyghur population living in the country's north-western region, a recent report showed.Local authorities in the Xinjiang region have allegedly been blackmailing and bribing Chinese citizens to enter into arranged marriages with Uyghur women as part of the "National Unity, One Family" campaign.Some of the incentives being offered to the interethnic couples include housing and education subsidies, jobs and medical care, according to a report published by the Washington-based nonprofit Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), citing official policy documents, social media posts and interviews with Uyghurs.China has previously been accused of detaining more than one million Uyghurs in internment camps, locally called "re-education camps," where detainees are believed to be interrogated and tortured.Some of the torture methods allegedly used by officers in the camps include stepping on the faces of detainees, hanging Uyghurs from the ceiling, waterboarding, sexual violence and electrocution."

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