大象传媒

The authorities in China are thought to be holding more than a million Muslims in China鈥檚 Western region of Xinjiang. The 大象传媒 was invited to one of these training schools, as China calls them, which closely resemble prisons. Now, a prominent Uighur writer has died after being held in one such internment camp.

Nurmuhammad Tohti's family say the 70-year-old was denied his diabetes and heart medication while detained, and was incapacitated by the time of his release in March this year. Newsday spoke to his grandson, Babur Ilchi who is in Alberta, Canada.

(Pic: the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; Credit: Reuters)