Uighurs
China wants economic boost from surveillance tech used on Uighurs
The detention camps where the Chinese government has interned more than 1 million Muslim Uighurs serves a dual purpose. It not only oppresses what the Chinese government considers a troublesome minority on its western frontier but also serves as a lab for the development of surveillance technology by Chinese companies. China must export these tools …
‘Think of your family’: China threatens European citizens over Xinjiang protests | World news
Two days after Abdujelil Emet sat in the public gallery of Germany’s parliament during a hearing on human rights, he received a phone call from his sister for the first time in three years. But the call from Xinjiang, in western China, was anything but a joyous family chat. It was made at the direction …
Uighurs challenge China to prove missing relatives are free | World news
China’s claim most inmates have been released from mass detention centres in Xinjiang region has been met with scepticism by the Uighur diaspora, which has launched a social media campaign challenging Beijing to prove it. Rights groups and experts say more than 1 million mostly Muslim ethnic minorities have been detained in internment camps in …
