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China: Minorities accounting for 1% of total population make up 34% of prison inmates (uhrp.org)

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A new UHRP analysis of official figures1 indicates that Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the Uyghur Region account for more than a third (34 percent) of China’s estimated prison population, despite making up only one percent of China’s overall population. When accounting for the total regional population, the Uyghur Region has the highest prison rate in the world at an estimated 2,234 per 100,000.

The prison population refers specifically to formal imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, and is separate from the unknown number of people still interned in the region’s camps and other forms of arbitrary detention.

Statistics released by the state prosecution in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)—known as East Turkistan to many Uyghurs—suggest that Uyghurs, Turkic and other non-Han peoples in the region are imprisoned at a rate of 3,814 people per 100,000.2

In comparison, Han people throughout China are estimated to be imprisoned at a rate of 80 per 100,000. In other words, Uyghurs and other non-Han people in the Uyghur Region are estimated to be imprisoned at just over 47 times the rate of Han people.

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That seems statistically unlikely. I wonder what Chinese officials have to say about it?

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why does it seem statistically unlikely? If the assumption is that minorities are somehow being targeted, wouldn't statistics like this be exactly what one would see?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly the point. The only likely reasons something like this would happen is targeting or systemic issues.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago

Ahh right yes, gotcha. I misunderstood you and thought you didn't think the statistics were believable because they're so skewed

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