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Chinese-Kazakh Writer, Businesswoman Struggles To Rebuild Life After Abuse In Xinjiang Camp
Before she was imprisoned in her native Xinjiang, Zhazira Asenqyzy was known as a poet and writer as well as a successful businesswoman. But her world was turned upside down in May 2017 when she was taken from her family home and thrown into one of Xinjiang's notorious internment camps.
Between Dictatorship and Democracy. Life of Sairagul Sauytbay in Sweden
Sairagul Sauytbay talks about what she had to endure in the “political re-education camps” in Xinjiang. She escaped political repression in China in 2018 and crossed the border with Kazakhstan illegally, has been living in Sweden for a year and a half, where the Swedish government granted her political asylum.
Life In Xinjiang's Reeducation Camp 'No Different Than Prison'
Muratkhan Aidarkhanuly and his wife worked for the government in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang for about 30 years before retiring and moving to Kazakhstan to be closer to their grandchildren. In October 2017, however, Aidarkhanuly ran into trouble with the Chinese authorities when he went back to sell the family home. His passport was seized and he was placed under house arrest.