TRYING TO BRAINWASH HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE
TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
3-YEAR-OLD HANZA KNEW HIS MOTHER
FOR ONLY 10 DAYS, HIS PARENTS
FEARING OPPRESSION FLED THEIR
HOME IN CHINA TO GIVE BIRTH TO
HIM IN TURKEY.
HANZA CALLS OUT MOM.
HOLDING BACK TEARS, HIS FATHER
SAYS HE’S ALL HIS SON HAS LEFT.
HE’S TOLD ME HANZA WENT BACK TO
GET HER OTHER FOUR BASE AND WAS
ARRESTED.
ARRESTED. THEY SAY THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN A
REASON BY.
REASON BY. HANZ A’s BROTHERS ARE MISSING.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS MORE THAN A
MILLION OF THIS MOSTLY MUSLIM
CHINESE POPULATION HAVE BEEN
SUBJECT TO RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
AND SENT TO WHAT IT DEEMS
POLITICAL INDOCKET NATIONTRINATI
>> I CALL THEM CONCENTRATION
CAMPS.
CAMPS. THEY WANT TO WIPE OUT EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH OUR CULTURE.
>> THE CHINESE SAY ALLEGATIONS
LIKE THESE ARE ALL LIES.
IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.
WE HAVE FLOWN TO A REMOTE REGION
OF THE WORLD, MORE THAN TWICE
THE SIZE OF TEXAS WHERE HORRIFIC
STORIES HAVE BEEN EMERGING FROM
A VAST NETWORK OF SECRETIVE
FACILITIES, THE CHINESE WHO HAVE
AGREED TO LET US FILM WITH
GOVERNMENT CHAPERONS CALL THEM
EDUCATION AND VOCATION CENTERS.
HERE, DOZENS OF ADULTS SIT
STUDYING, MANY OF THEM SLEEPING
IN DORMITORIES, THE CHINESE SAY
THESE CENTERS HAVE HELPED
STABILIZE THE REGION.
THEY INSIST THIS EXHIBIT,
DOCUMENTING DECADES OF VIOLENT
TERRORIST ATTACKS, ALLEGEDLY
PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT BY
MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM MINORITY.
OUR MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE SAYS
SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIAL,
POINTING TO GROWING TOURISM AND
INCREASING INVESTMENT IN THE
REGION.
REGION. BUT AT WHAT COST, THEY ARE
ALLOWED AT SANCTIONED MOSQUES
AND ROUTINE FOR MINOR
INFRINGEMENTS, ACCORDING TO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.
>> WHY ARE YOU HERE?
ATTENDING AN ILLEGAL PREACHING,
HE TELLS ME.
AT ANOTHER CENTER, MORE YOUTH,
THE AIM SOUNDS LIKE A KIND OF
MIND CONTROL.
MIND CONTROL. THE DIRECTOR IN A RARE ON CAMERA
DESCRIPTION TELLS US THEY
PREVENT TERRORIST THOUGHTS FROM
DEVELOPING.
DEVELOPING. WE FOCUS ON CHANGING THEIR
MINDS, HE SAYS.
THIS WOMAN IN A CLASS TEACHING
HER TO CARE FOR INFANTS IS
ALREADY A MOTHER.
SHE WAS ACCUSED OF RELIGIOUS
EXTREMISM JUST WHEN HER HUSBAND
HAD DIED.
HAD DIED. HER DAUGHTER ONLY 4.
>> TELL ME THAT IT ISN’T BRUTAL
TO TAKE A MOTHER AWAY FROM HER
4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHEN HER
FATHER HAS JUST DIED.
TELL ME THAT IS NOT A BRUTAL
THING TO DO.
>> SHE CAN GO HOME ONCE EVERY
WEEK.
WEEK. >> HER FATHER DIED AND HER
MOTHER WAS TAKEN AWAY AND COULD
ONLY SEE HER ONCE A WEEK, AND
YOU SAY THAT’S FINE?
THE PARENTS, EVERY ONE OF US
MISSES OUR CHILDREN.
LATER SHE CLAIMS SHE COULD PASS
HER THOUGHTS ON TO HER CHILDREN,
AND HER CHILDREN COULD BECOME
TERRORISTS.
TERRORISTS. THIS DISTURBING VIDEO WHICH THE
STATE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES TO BE
AUTHENTIC HAS RECENTLY EMERGED,
DETAINEES SHADOWED AND
BLINDFOLDED.
BLINDFOLDED. WOOR GETTING
WOOR GETTING WE’RE GETTING A SANITIZED
PICTURE.
PICTURE. ANALYSTS AT THE STRATEGIC POLICY
INSTITUTE TELLS NBC NEWS, THESE
IMAGES SHOW ANOTHER PART OF THE
CAMP JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM
WHERE WE WERE STANDING, ONE THAT
IS FAR MORE PUNISHING WITH
EXERCISE PENS AND BARBED WIRE.
>> WE CAN GO ACROSS THE ROAD TO
THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THERE ARE
BARS ON THE WINDOWS.
>> THAT IS A NORMAL SCHOOL, IT
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
>> Reporter: BACK IN WASHINGTON,
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO HAS
CAMPAIGNED AGAINST CHINA’S
WEAKER POLICY.
WEAKER POLICY. DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THE CHINESE
HAVE SHOWN US HERE REFLECTS WHAT
THESE CENTERS ARE LIKE?
>> OF COURSE NOT.
THEY CONTROL 100% THIS REGION,
WHO GETS TO SPEAK, AND WHAT YOU
GET TO SEE.
>> Reporter: THE CRITICISM IS
UNJUST.
UNJUST. WE PROTECT WEAKER CULTURE, HE
SAYS, BUT THOUSANDS OF MILES
AWAY IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY, WE GET
TO REFLECT ON A DIFFERENT STORY,
HANZA GROWING UP WITHOUT HIS
MOM.
MOM. HIS FAMILY FEARS HIS BROTHERS
HAVE BEEN SENT TO ORPHANAGES.
CHINA’S COMMUNIST PARTY PUSHING
FOR A MORE UNITED COUNTRY,
TEARING FAMILIES APART.
>> IT’S ASTONISHING, TO SEE WHAT
YOU SAW, EVEN THE THINGS THEY’RE
WILLING TO SHOW YOU ARE
CONCERNING IN SOME MANY WAYS.
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT DOING ABOUT THIS?
>> MARCO RUBIO HAS A BILL, THE
HOUSE HAS A BILL, SO THE
PRESIDENT MAY HAVE A BILL OVER
THIS ISSUE ON HIS DESK.
IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
THIS IS WHY AMERICANS SHOULD
CARE.
CARE. CHINA BY MANY MEASURES IS THE
SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD NOW.
WORLD NOW. IT IS EXPANDING MILITARILY, IT
HAS HUGE INFLUENCE, AND WE
CANNOT JUST SLEEPWALK INTO A
SITUATION WHERE CHINA IS SO
POWERFUL IN THE WORLD AND WE
AREN’T ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, JUDGE A COUNTRY BY THE
WAY IT TREATS ITS OWN CITIZENS
AND CHINA REALLY CARES ABOUT
WHAT WE THINK.
I’VE GOT A PERSONAL LETTER FROM
THE CHINESE PARTY COMMUNIST
OFFICIAL WHO WROTE TO ME AGAIN
TO SAY CHINA HAS ALWAYS ATTACHED
GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS.
WE WERE TOUGH BUT FAIR, I THINK,
IN THAT REPORT.
BUT WHAT WE MUST NOT DO IS ALLOW
CHINA TO ACT WITHOUT US ASKING
THEM THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO
BE ASKED.
BE ASKED. >> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S LOOKING