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 ==== Rejection of claims ==== ==== Rejection of claims ====
 +The use of inverted commas in statements from officials indicates scepticism or outright rejection of these explanations. No rationale for this scepticism is provided. 
  
-In response to a list of questions for this article, the Chinese Consulate in New York said that "the basic principle of respecting and protecting human rights in accordance with China's Constitution and law is strictly observed in these centers to guarantee that the personal dignity of trainees is inviolable."+  * In response to a list of questions for this article, the Chinese Consulate in New York said that "the basic principle of respecting and protecting human rights in accordance with China's Constitution and law is strictly observed in these centers to guarantee that the personal dignity of trainees is inviolable." 
 +  * "The centers are run as boarding facilities ((If this is the case, the calculations made by Killing et al regarding floor area and the possible number of internees are invalidated)) and trainees can go home and ask for leave to tend to personal business. Trainees' right to use their own spoken and written languages is fully protected ... the customs and habits of different ethnic groups are fully respected and protected," the consulate added, saying that "trainees" are given halal food for free and that they can decide whether to "attend legitimate religious activities" when they go home. 
 +  * The government has said that “students” in the camps receive vocational training, learn the Chinese language, and become “deradicalized.” Former detainees say this means they were brainwashed with Communist Party propaganda and forced to labor for free in factories. 
 +  * State media reports have emphasized the classroom education that takes place in the camps, claiming that detainees are actually benefiting from their time there ((Given that education achievements for ethnic groups lags the rest of China and that cultural pressure is exerted on girls to become mothers and wives, this would directly address the issue)). 
  
-"The centers are run as boarding facilities and trainees can go home and ask for leave to tend to personal business. Trainees' right to use their own spoken and written languages is fully protected ... the customs and habits of different ethnic groups are fully respected and protected," the consulate added, saying that "trainees" are given halal food for free and that they can decide whether to "attend legitimate religious activities" when they go home. 
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-China's Foreign Ministry did not respond to several requests for comment. 
 ==== Testimony ==== ==== Testimony ====
 === Testimony 1 - Nursaule === === Testimony 1 - Nursaule ===
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   * older men and women could not handle standing for many hours and struggled to keep watch   * older men and women could not handle standing for many hours and struggled to keep watch
   * so crowded and tense that arguments sometimes broke out among detainees — but these were punished severely   * so crowded and tense that arguments sometimes broke out among detainees — but these were punished severely
-  * beating ((reporting on another prisoner))+  * beating ((Testimony about another prisoner))
   * put a hood over my head   * put a hood over my head
-  * Nursaule was never beaten+  * Nursaule was never beaten ((Suggesting that accusations of routine beating and torture are fictional))
   * put a sack over her head   * put a sack over her head
   * took her to the solitary room   * took her to the solitary room
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   * no window   * no window
  
 +== Analysis ==
  
  
  
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