Xinjiang Victims Database
Database of Xinjiang internment camp detainees From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Xinjiang Victims Database is a database which attempts to record all currently known individuals who are detained in Xinjiang internment camps in China.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The database has documented over 16,000 victims.[7] It was founded by Gene Bunin,[8][9][10] who started the database in September 2018.[11][12]
| Formation | September 2018 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gene Bunin |
| Type | Database |
| Purpose | Database of Xinjiang camp detainees |
| Website | https://shahit.biz/eng/ |
The database contains the names and biographical details of people who are thought to be detained in the camps. Many of the profiles also contain personal testimonies by the families and friends of the detainees.[11][13]
Origin
Gene Bunin is a Russian-American linguistic researcher, who lived in Xinjiang until 2018, when Chinese police forced him to leave. He created the database to “have one place" to store detailed information of people interred in prison camps or disappeared after only "limited attempts" had been made to identify detainees.[13]
Image sourcing controversy
In January 2023, the South China Morning Post reported that images of two Xinjiang police officers listed in the database bore strong resemblances to Hong Kong actors Andy Lau Tak-wah and Chow Yun-fat. After it drew attention on social media and was mocked by Chinese state media, the Xinjiang Victims Database later responded stating that the data was sourced from "the file cache of a Urumqi database" obtained by the US news organization, The Intercept, which had included a photo of Andy Lau, and added that some of the photos of the police officers “aren’t always of themselves”. The gallery was published on the Xinjiang Victims Database account on January 6.[14]
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