The Chinese government, tightening its grip on Muslim ethnic minorities, is forcing women in Xinjiang to have fewer babies — just as most other women across China are being urged to have more.
“The government wants to replace our people,” one woman said. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl
“The government wants to replace our people,” one woman said. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl
Interviews with more than a dozen Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslims from Xinjiang, as well as a review of official statistics, government notices and reports in the state-run news media, depict an effort to control the community’s reproductive rights. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl 
Women were pressured by the authorities to be fitted with contraceptive devices or be sterilized. As they recovered at home, Chinese government officials were sent to live with them. One woman described a minder groping her. nyti.ms/3uCtaZl
If women in Xinjiang had too many children or refused contraceptive procedures, they faced steep fines or detention in internment camps. Some former detainees say they were made to take drugs that stopped their menstrual cycles. One woman said she was raped in a camp.
This treatment of women is part of a vast campaign by the Communist Party to eliminate any perceived challenge to its rule. Under Xi Jinping, the party has sent hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Central Asian minorities in Xinjiang to internment camps and prisons.
To rights advocates and some Western officials, China’s repression in Xinjiang is tantamount to crimes against humanity and genocide — partly because of the efforts to stem the population growth of Muslim minorities.
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