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Sep 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
A must-read by @aliceysu and the team at @latimes, which highlights the ordeal of Pakistani-#Uyghur families as #Beijing continues its widespread suppression and crackdown on Muslim minorities in #Xinjiang.

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This piece highlights how #Beijing’s economic and political influence over countries like Pakistan is endangering rights of Pakistani citizens that are ought to be protected under Pakistan’s law.
#Uyghur Pakistani citizens were detained and interrogated while a Uyghur school in Pakistan was forced to close down after plainclothes Pakistani security personnel smashed computers and confiscated teaching materials.
Former detainees of re-education camps who later fled to Pakistan also recounted horrible treatment inside the camps, as he was chained up with 35 people in one room and beaten by police with electrical batons. The marks remain on his body until today.

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