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Police in northwest China rescue herdsman and his sheep trapped in wetland Kashgar

Police in northwest China rescue herdsman and his sheep trapped in wetland

-7 Police in northwest China rescue herdsman and his sheep trapped in wetland Police in northwestern China's Xinjiang rescued a herdsman and his three sheep trapped in a muddy wetland. The video, provided by Kashgar Television with permission shows several police officers carrying the 63-year-old herdsman named Mai while others…
bubmag
February 24, 2020
Chinese authorities compile intimate data about the Uighur Muslim population Kashgar

Chinese authorities compile intimate data about the Uighur Muslim population

Leaked data has revealed that China is compiling extensive data on its Uighur Muslim minority including whether they're growing a beard, if they've attended Hajj and their 'family's trustworthiness'.   As a Chinese government mass detention campaign engulfed Memtimin Emer's native Xinjiang region three years ago, the elderly imam was swept…
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February 17, 2020
LEAK: Secret Documents Show How China Targets Muslims for ‘Re-Education’ Camps — and Spies on Their Families Kashgar

LEAK: Secret Documents Show How China Targets Muslims for ‘Re-Education’ Camps — and Spies on Their Families

ISTANBUL When Rozinisa Memet Tohtis family stopped returning her calls three years ago, she feared the worst. But nothing could prepare her for seeing a leaked Chinese government database document of Uighurs targeted for internment. There, in row 358, she f…
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February 17, 2020
Atush Roads Fenced Off, Residents Confined to Homes, as Xinjiang Stares Down Virus Advance Kashgar

Atush Roads Fenced Off, Residents Confined to Homes, as Xinjiang Stares Down Virus Advance

2020-02-04 -- Authorities in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), have fenced off the city's roads, leaving residents confined to their homes and running out of supplies, as they work to control the rapid spread of the deadly novel coronavirus (nCoV), which has been…
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February 5, 2020
Information Concerning Coronavirus Spread in Xinjiang is ‘State Secret’: Official Kashgar

Information Concerning Coronavirus Spread in Xinjiang is ‘State Secret’: Official

2020-02-03 - Information about the novel coronavirus (nCoV) and how it has spread in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is a "state secret" and cannot be shared with the public, according to a government employee in the region's capital Urumqi. On Jan. 23, Chinese state media cited local…
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February 4, 2020