Tibet isn’t the only Chinese province terrified of having its culture rubbed out by Beijing. Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in western China, are reportedly being sent to “re-education camps” and serving lengthy jail sentences on trumped-up charges of religious extremism. The pain can be deeper for overseas workers who hear stories about their relatives…
Football player Erfan Hezim took a selfie with Lionel Messi weeks before he was detained in a re-education center. Image via FifPro. With World Cup 2018 underway, all eyes are focused on the game. But many people are unaware of what — or who — is missing on the field. The Fédération Internationale des Associations…
In recent months news that China is rounding up Muslims (mostly Uighurs) en masse in its northwestern Xinjiang region to political re-education camps has shocked many, although the story is still massively under-reported. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have been disappeared in a campaign with absolutely no due process. Victims can…
