An abridged version of this appeared in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear
Disclaimer: The greater part of this article seeks to convey the words, views, and behaviors of ethnic Uyghurs residing in both China proper (“inner China”) and China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as observed by the author over the previous year and a half. So as to protect the people mentioned, I have intentionally obscured or changed the relevant names, locations, and times, as well as any other details that could aid in fixing a given person’s identity. Quotes from individuals are from unrecorded conversations, in Uyghur, and as such are subject to some corruption due to both imperfect memory and translation. While this admittedly runs the risk of vague reporting, I do believe that the essential has been preserved and thereby hope for the reader’s understanding.
An abridged version of this appeared in The Guardian
Thanks for sharing this. This is really eye opening to the situation happening in Xinjiang. I’m an expat in China and I had a Uyghur friend and colleague named Mina who left our work a year ago. I...
Thanks for sharing this. This is really eye opening to the situation happening in Xinjiang. I’m an expat in China and I had a Uyghur friend and colleague named Mina who left our work a year ago. I just checked to see if we were still friends on WeChat, but she’s nowhere to be found. Certainly disconcerting. Hopefully something will be done to help these people, but the situation is grim
An abridged version of this appeared in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/07/why-uighur-muslims-across-china-are-living-in-fear
Thanks for sharing this. This is really eye opening to the situation happening in Xinjiang. I’m an expat in China and I had a Uyghur friend and colleague named Mina who left our work a year ago. I just checked to see if we were still friends on WeChat, but she’s nowhere to be found. Certainly disconcerting. Hopefully something will be done to help these people, but the situation is grim