New camps are established around factories (for forced labor) but also around hospitals, perhaps connected with organ harvesting.
Muslim Kazakh
CCP’s Vendetta: Descendants of Ospan Batyr Detained in Xinjiang
The “Kazakh Robin Hood” fought against the CCP and was executed in 1951. Now, the CCP is identifying and arresting his family members.
Kazakhstan: Human Rights Activist Baibolat Kunbolat Arrested
His brother is in jail in China for affirming his Kazakh identity. He believed he was free to protest in Almaty. He learned he was not.
Two Refugees from Xinjiang Attacked in Kazakhstan
Kaisha Akan was beaten with a heavy iron object, and Murager Alimuly stabbed, confirming that the long arm of the CCP pursues asylum seekers abroad.
“The Chief Witness”: Alexandra Cavelius Tells the Story of Sayragul Sauytbay
Soon in English, the German best seller gives voice to a woman whose testimony about the transformation through education camps in Xinjiang cannot be impeached.
In Xinjiang, a Roll Call of Disappearances and Extrajudicial Incarcerations
Three who lost their loved ones tell their stories to Bitter Winter. Now, even being a member of CCP is not enough to escape detention if you are a Uyghur or Kazakh attached to your culture.
Provisional Asylum Granted to Two Refugees from China in Kazakhstan
For the first time, authorities admit that ethnic Kazakhs are persecuted in Xinjiang. The two asylum seekers tell their story to Bitter Winter.
Ethnic Kazakhs Arrested: A Relative Fears Violence and Jail Rape
Gulaisha Oralbay speaks out. Her brother and two sisters have received heavy sentences to be purged in a notorious jail for crimes the Chinese authorities have refused to disclose to her.
Kazakhstan: Kaisha Akhan, Another Asylum Seeker from Xinjiang in Trouble
The young woman escaped China to avoid being detained in a camp. She now risks to be deported back there.
Kazakhstan, Serikzhan Bilash in Court Again
There is no peace for the human rights activist who denounces the horrors of the transformation through education camps in Xinjiang.