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Uyghur Twins Risk Being Deported From Russia

Two Uyghur twins, 23-year-old Shahrizat and Shahdiyar Shavkat, who currently live in Russia, are at risk of being deported to China. The twins fear that they might be sent to one of the concentration camps Beijing has set up for their community should they ever go back to their homeland. The deportation “The twins moved ...

Jack Roberts

Two brothers walking.

Police Order Guangxi Residents to Report for DNA Sampling

The residents of China’s southwestern region of Guangxi are being made to submit to DNA sampling by the local authorities. The collection drive, which also includes blood tests, is said to have started on September 20 and is expected to continue till December 31. DNA collections in Xinjiang According to the notice issued by local ...

Max Lu

Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Why Would China Report on the Xinjiang Detention Camps?

China’s state-run media has always remained silent about detention camps in Xinjiang, preventing the public from knowing the atrocities committed on the Uyghurs in the region. However, Beijing has adopted a new approach to the subject. It now admits the existence of Xinjiang detention camps and projects it as necessary for the good of the ...

Max Lu

A Xinjiang detention camp.

UN Visit to Xinjiang May Have Legitimized China’s Persecution of Uyghurs

The UN chief of counterterrorism recently visited the controversial Xinjiang region in China, where Beijing is said to have carried out the persecution of Uyghur minorities. The move has sparked strong criticism from human rights activists, who say that the visit gives legitimacy to the horrific treatment of the Uyghurs. The UN visit Vladimir Voronkov, ...

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Vladimir Voronokov shaking hands with Vladimir Putin.