Separation and internment: China's Xinjiang crackdown hits families
Thousands of families in China's far west and in neighbouring countries are being separated as part of Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. Almaty, Kazakhstan (dpa) – In the past year, Aibulan Bakhitnur has had to grow up fast. After her mother became stuck in China with her documents confiscated, as part of the government's crackdown on ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province, the 13-year-old has had to take on some of her duties. At th
China pushes Xinjiang internment camps out of sight, out of reach
An estimated 1 million members of ethnic minorities are being held in internment camps in China’s far west. Beijing says the camps offer 'training' and people will gradually be released, but in fact the camps are growing larger and more isolated. Yining, China (dpa) – At first, word spread that many of the Uighurs who had gone missing in Yining, a city cradled between mountains in north-west China, were being held inside a former Communist Party school. Some had been there a
