Chinese man who filmed evidence of Xinjiang rights abuses is granted asylum in US

Lawyer for Guan Heng, whose exposed evidence of persecution of Uyghurs, says he is textbook example of why asylum should exist'

A US immigration judge has granted asylum to a Chinese national who he said had a well founded fear" of persecution if sent back to China after exposing alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs there.

Guan Heng applied for asylum after arriving in the US illegally in 2021. He has been in custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August last year as part of a mass deportation campaign by the Trump administration.