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Uyghur Special

Uyghur Special

Uyghur detention camps: a special report on China and a culture under attack

From Xinjiang’s network of detention centres to the suppression of tradition, writers report on China’s relentless campaign against the Uyghurs – and what will be lost if it succeeds.
By Katie Stallard
Photo of Uyghur detention camps: a special report on China and a culture under attack
Xinjiang: a region of suspicion and subjugation
Uyghur Special

Xinjiang: a region of suspicion and subjugation

Katie Stallard
Uyghur Special

Behind Xi Jinping’s Great Wall of Iron

John Simpson
China

The Uyghurs’ plight shows the biggest threat to democracy is Western apathy

Elif Shafak
Uyghur Special

Historic Uyghur culture is under existential threat

Rian Thum and Musapir
“My culture will survive”: the Uyghur poet Fatimah Abdulghafur Seyyah on her family’s devastating persecution
Uyghur Special

“My culture will survive”: the Uyghur poet Fatimah Abdulghafur Seyyah on her family’s devastating persecution

Anoosh Chakelian

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