The Chinese Communist Party has increasingly shifted towards a more authoritarian regime under Xi Jinping, says researcher Elke Spiessens from the Dutch University of Leiden. “You see within the party a tendency to draw more control to Beijing and keep people more under control.” Among other things, this new direction manifests itself in China’s increasing profile as a nation-state, in which there is no room for an alternative identity, and the Islam appears to be the Chinas government’s ideal scapegoat to justify the opression of Uyghurs.
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The Uyghur language page of Wikipedia says:
According to reports in 2018, Uyghur script was erased from street signs and wall murals, as the Chinese government has launched a campaign to force Uyghur people to learn Mandarin. Any interest in Uyghur culture or language could lead to detention.[39] Recent news reports have also documented the existence of mandatory boarding schools where children are separated from their parents; children are punished for speaking Uyghur, making the language at a very high risk of extinction.[40]
[39] Byler, Darren (2 January 2019). “The ‘Patriotism’ of Not Speaking Uyghur”. SupChina.
[40] Sudworth, John (4 July 2019). “China Separating Muslim Children from Families”. BBC News.
Also, there is a Uyghur edition of Wikipedia.
It’s not “only” about language as leaked documents (‘China Cables’) have shown not long ago. Among others, the BBC reported that
… the China Cables made clear that the camps were intended to be run as high security prisons, with strict discipline and punishments.
People who have managed to escape the camps have reported physical, mental and sexual torture. Women have spoken of mass rape and sexual abuse.