WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:01.068 THE CITY IS PREPARING FOR AN INFLUX...THAT COULD LAST AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. 00:01.067 --> 00:02.402 INFLUX...THAT COULD LAST AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. 00:02.402 --> 00:03.169 LAST AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING THE TRUMP 00:03.170 --> 00:03.904 LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION 00:03.904 --> 00:05.939 LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST 00:05.939 --> 00:06.273 ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST CHINA. 00:06.273 --> 00:06.907 AGAINST CHINA. AT ISSUE.. THE COUNTRY’S 00:06.907 --> 00:07.641 CHINA. AT ISSUE.. THE COUNTRY’S DETENTION OF MUSLIM MINORITIES 00:07.641 --> 00:10.944 AT ISSUE.. THE COUNTRY’S DETENTION OF MUSLIM MINORITIES IN WHAT BEIJING SAYS 00:10.944 --> 00:13.447 DETENTION OF MUSLIM MINORITIES IN WHAT BEIJING SAYS ARE "EDUCATION CENTERS." 00:13.447 --> 00:14.181 IN WHAT BEIJING SAYS ARE "EDUCATION CENTERS." BUT NIKKI HALEY, THE OUTGOING 00:14.181 --> 00:14.915 ARE "EDUCATION CENTERS." BUT NIKKI HALEY, THE OUTGOING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED 00:14.915 --> 00:15.482 BUT NIKKI HALEY, THE OUTGOING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, CALLS 00:15.482 --> 00:16.483 U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, CALLS IT THE LARGESTNTERNMENT OF 00:16.483 --> 00:19.786 NATIONS, CALLS IT THE LARGESTNTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY. 00:19.786 --> 00:20.720 IT THE LARGESTNTERNMENT OF CIVILIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY. NBC’S JANIS MACKEY FRAYER 00:20.720 --> 00:21.921 CIVILIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY. NBC’S JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS FROM CHINA. 00:21.922 --> 00:24.024 NBC’S JANIS MACKEY FRAYER REPORTS FROM CHINA. 00:24.024 --> 00:26.693 REPORTS FROM CHINA. ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE 00:26.693 --> 00:27.394 ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF XINJIANG AN ESTIMATED ONE 00:27.394 --> 00:28.095 ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF XINJIANG AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION CHINESE MUSLIMS HAVE 00:28.094 --> 00:30.964 OF XINJIANG AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLION CHINESE MUSLIMS HAVE VANISHED? 00:30.964 --> 00:31.698 MILLION CHINESE MUSLIMS HAVE VANISHED? INTO A VAST NETWORK OF DETENTION 00:31.698 --> 00:32.165 VANISHED? INTO A VAST NETWORK OF DETENTION CENTERS FOR 00:32.165 --> 00:33.099 INTO A VAST NETWORK OF DETENTION CENTERS FOR WHAT CHINA CALLS ’RE-EDUCATION’. 00:33.099 --> 00:33.800 CENTERS FOR WHAT CHINA CALLS ’RE-EDUCATION’. LESSONS IN LAWS AND LOYALTY TO 00:33.800 --> 00:35.535 WHAT CHINA CALLS ’RE-EDUCATION’. LESSONS IN LAWS AND LOYALTY TO THE STATE HOW 00:35.535 --> 00:36.269 LESSONS IN LAWS AND LOYALTY TO THE STATE HOW BEIJING CLAIMS IT WI PREVENT 00:36.269 --> 00:36.903 THE STATE HOW BEIJING CLAIMS IT WI PREVENT EXTREMISM IN A REGION IT 00:36.903 --> 00:39.506 BEIJING CLAIMS IT WI PREVENT EXTREMISM IN A REGION IT CONSIDERS VULNERABLE. 00:39.506 --> 00:40.240 EXTREMISM IN A REGION IT CONSIDERS VULNERABLE. ONLY RECENTLY DID CHINA ADMIT 00:40.240 --> 00:43.744 CONSIDERS VULNERABLE. ONLY RECENTLY DID CHINA ADMIT THE CAMPS EVEN 00:43.743 --> 00:44.143 ONLY RECENTLY DID CHINA ADMIT THE CAMPS EVEN EXISTED 00:44.144 --> 00:44.811 THE CAMPS EVEN EXISTED THE HALLMARK OF AN ADVANCED 00:44.811 --> 00:48.915 EXISTED THE HALLMARK OF AN ADVANCED POLICE STATE IN 00:48.915 --> 00:49.649 THE HALLMARK OF AN ADVANCED POLICE STATE IN XINJIANG THAT TARGETS UIGHUR 00:49.649 --> 00:50.016 POLICE STATE IN XINJIANG THAT TARGETS UIGHUR MUSLIMS 00:50.016 --> 00:50.250 XINJIANG THAT TARGETS UIGHUR MUSLIMS 00:50.250 --> 00:50.484 MUSLIMS 00:50.484 --> 00:53.220 00:53.220 --> 00:53.987 A MINORITY THE GOVERNMENT BLAMES 00:53.987 --> 00:54.254 A MINORITY THE GOVERNMENT BLAMES FOR 00:54.254 --> 00:59.259 A MINORITY THE GOVERNMENT BLAMES FOR UNREST AND A STRING OF ATTACKS. 00:59.259 --> 00:59.526 FOR UNREST AND A STRING OF ATTACKS. 00:59.526 --> 00:59.760 UNREST AND A STRING OF ATTACKS. 00:59.759 --> 00:59.993 00:59.993 --> 01:00.627 SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A 01:00.627 --> 01:02.796 SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CHANGED LANDSCAPE. IN 01:02.796 --> 01:03.563 SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A CHANGED LANDSCAPE. IN ONE AREA, EMPTY TWO YEARS AGO, A 01:03.563 --> 01:04.264 CHANGED LANDSCAPE. IN ONE AREA, EMPTY TWO YEARS AGO, A FACILITY COVERING 5.6 MILLION 01:04.264 --> 01:05.599 ONE AREA, EMPTY TWO YEARS AGO, A FACILITY COVERING 5.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET. 01:05.599 --> 01:06.400 FACILITY COVERING 5.6 MILLION SQUARE FEET. WE TRIEDO SEE IT FIRSTHAND BUT 01:06.399 --> 01:08.935 SQUARE FEET. WE TRIEDO SEE IT FIRSTHAND BUT WERE 01:08.935 --> 01:09.636 WE TRIEDO SEE IT FIRSTHAND BUT WERE FOLLOWED BY CHINESE SECURITY 01:09.636 --> 01:11.805 WERE FOLLOWED BY CHINESE SECURITY AGENTS. 01:11.805 --> 01:12.506 FOLLOWED BY CHINESE SECURITY AGENTS. AT ONE POINT, TAILED BY FOUR 01:12.506 --> 01:15.743 AGENTS. AT ONE POINT, TAILED BY FOUR CARS. 01:15.742 --> 01:16.443 AT ONE POINT, TAILED BY FOUR CARS. WE WERE DETAINED AND ORDERED 01:16.443 --> 01:19.313 CARS. WE WERE DETAINED AND ORDERED BACK. 01:19.312 --> 01:20.079 WE WERE DETAINED AND ORDERED BACK. "THEY DECIDED IT WAS ’TOO WINDY’ 01:20.080 --> 01:20.581 BACK. "THEY DECIDED IT WAS ’TOO WINDY’ FOR US TO GO ANY 01:20.580 --> 01:22.148 "THEY DECIDED IT WAS ’TOO WINDY’ FOR US TO GO ANY FURTHER." 01:22.148 --> 01:22.715 FOR US TO GO ANY FURTHER." ACROSS THE BORDER IN 01:22.716 --> 01:23.250 FURTHER." ACROSS THE BORDER IN KAZAKHSTAN? WE MET 01:23.250 --> 01:23.884 ACROSS THE BORDER IN KAZAKHSTAN? WE MET FORMER DETAINEES WHO GAVE 01:23.884 --> 01:24.685 KAZAKHSTAN? WE MET FORMER DETAINEES WHO GAVE DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF PERSECUTION 01:24.684 --> 01:28.154 FORMER DETAINEES WHO GAVE DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF PERSECUTION INSIDE THE CAMPS. 01:28.154 --> 01:28.888 DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF PERSECUTION INSIDE THE CAMPS. KAIRAT SAMARKAN SAYS HE WAS 01:28.889 --> 01:29.456 INSIDE THE CAMPS. KAIRAT SAMARKAN SAYS HE WAS CONFINED FOR NEARLY 01:29.456 --> 01:29.690 KAIRAT SAMARKAN SAYS HE WAS CONFINED FOR NEARLY 01:29.689 --> 01:29.923 CONFINED FOR NEARLY 01:29.923 --> 01:31.658 01:31.658 --> 01:32.058 4 MONTHS. 01:32.058 --> 01:32.792 4 MONTHS. THEY BRAINWASH US, HE SAYS, NO 01:32.792 --> 01:35.428 4 MONTHS. THEY BRAINWASH US, HE SAYS, NO ONE IS THERE BY 01:35.428 --> 01:36.429 THEY BRAINWASH US, HE SAYS, NO ONE IS THERE BY CHOICE. HE SAYTHEY WERE 01:36.429 --> 01:39.866 ONE IS THERE BY CHOICE. HE SAYTHEY WERE PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING? 01:39.866 --> 01:40.533 CHOICE. HE SAYTHEY WERE PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING? AND FORCED INTO RESTRAINT 01:40.534 --> 01:40.968 PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING? AND FORCED INTO RESTRAINT DEVICES AND 01:40.967 --> 01:43.470 AND FORCED INTO RESTRAINT DEVICES AND STRESS POSITIONS FOR HOURS. 01:43.470 --> 01:44.171 DEVICES AND STRESS POSITIONS FOR HOURS. AND THE SCALE OF THE DRAGNET 01:44.170 --> 01:46.873 STRESS POSITIONS FOR HOURS. AND THE SCALE OF THE DRAGNET WORRIES UIGHURS 01:46.873 --> 01:47.540 AND THE SCALE OF THE DRAGNET WORRIES UIGHURS ABROAD WHO SAY RELATIVES CAN 01:47.541 --> 01:48.342 WORRIES UIGHURS ABROAD WHO SAY RELATIVES CAN DISAPPEAR FOR HAVING A BEARD OR 01:48.341 --> 01:50.710 ABROAD WHO SAY RELATIVES CAN DISAPPEAR FOR HAVING A BEARD OR WHATSAPP MESSAGING ON A 01:50.710 --> 01:55.982 DISAPPEAR FOR HAVING A BEARD OR WHATSAPP MESSAGING ON A PHONE. 01:55.982 --> 01:56.716 WHATSAPP MESSAGING ON A PHONE. THEY WANT TO ERASE MUSLIMS, SAYS 01:56.716 --> 01:57.150 PHONE. THEY WANT TO ERASE MUSLIMS, SAYS THIS UIGHUR 01:57.150 --> 01:57.417 THEY WANT TO ERASE MUSLIMS, SAYS THIS UIGHUR 01:57.417 --> 01:57.651 THIS UIGHUR 01:57.651 --> 01:59.753 01:59.753 --> 02:00.254 WOMAN IN HIDING. 02:00.253 --> 02:00.920 WOMAN IN HIDING. RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE MASS 02:00.921 --> 02:03.123 WOMAN IN HIDING. RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE MASS INTERNMENT EVOKES 02:03.123 --> 02:03.790 RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE MASS INTERNMENT EVOKES THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION BUT 02:03.790 --> 02:04.524 INTERNMENT EVOKES THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION BUT BEIJING MAINTAINS THAT IT’S 02:04.524 --> 02:09.195 THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION BUT BEIJING MAINTAINS THAT IT’S HUMANE, JUSTIFIED, AND LEGAL. 02:09.195 --> 02:09.429 BEIJING MAINTAINS THAT IT’S HUMANE, JUSTIFIED, AND LEGAL. 02:09.429 --> 02:09.663 HUMANE, JUSTIFIED, AND LEGAL. 02:09.663 --> 02:09.897 02:09.896 --> 02:10.630 JANIS MACKEY FRAYER NBC NEWS, 02:10.630 --> 02:12.065 JANIS MACKEY FRAYER NBC NEWS, XINJIANG.