Beijing using its financial muscle to target Uyghurs living abroad – report

Cases of transnational repression found in 28 countries are just the tip of the iceberg', say rights researchers

China is using its unprecedented economic clout across vast swathes of Asia and the Middle East to target Uyghur Muslims living beyond its borders through a sprawling system of transnational repression, a new report says.

Beijing's crackdown on Xinjiang province, where more than 1 million people are thought to have been detained in a network of internment camps in recent years, has coincided with a rise in efforts to control Uyghurs living overseas, the report found.