Article 708HV Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely in China’s shadow

Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely in China’s shadow

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editors@theworld.org (Levi Bridges)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#708HV)

Seventy years ago, China named the western region of Xinjiang an autonomous part of the People's Republic. Today, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to the region to commemorate 70 years of coexistence among different ethnic groups. But the reality is that hundreds of thousands of people within the ethnic Uyghur population and other Muslim groups have been sent by the Chinese government to "re-education" camps or subjected to forced labor.

This story originally aired on July 21, 2025.

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