Like Rahima, Gulzira is a Kazakh Muslim who was detained in China's Xinjiang region. Of life inside the camps, she remembers being surrounded by mesh and barbed wire,cameras everywhere, and brutal treatment.
Twice, she says, she was made to sit on a hard chair for 24 hours. She went to the bathroom where she sat.
And "if you exceeded two minutes in the toilet, they hit our heads with an electric prod," Gulzira tells FRONTLINE.
The two women's accounts offer a rare firsthand glimpse of life for Muslims caught in China's crackdown. The country's government has publicly portrayed the camps as "vocational education and training centers," but
classified Chinese government documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists depict them as involuntary indoctrination centers with high watchtowers, constant camera surveillance, harsh punishments and dedicated police bases to prevent escapes.