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Uiguren protestieren in Istanbul gegen die Unterdrückung ihrer Angehörigen in China; Foto: AFP/Getty Images

Uighur repression in China

Beards and hijabs behind bars

A newly leaked document confirms how China is imprisoning Muslim minority Uighurs based solely on their religion. Naomi Conrad met with a whistle-blower and visited relatives of those held captiveMore

Interview with sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer: "The aim is to rob the Uighurs of their identity"Uighur repression: Pandering to President XiChinaʹs oppression of the Uighurs: Save our Turkic brothers, Mr. President!
Sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer from Berlin's Mercator Institute for China Studies (photo: private)

Interview with sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer

"The aim is to rob the Uighurs of their identity"

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Uighurs are being held in "re-education" camps in Western China. The more pressure the ethnic group faces from Beijing, the more important their Islamic beliefs become, says sinologist Kristin Shi-Kupfer in conversation with Luise SammannMore

Uighur repression: Pandering to President XiChina Cables exposes chilling details of mass detention in XinjiangChinaʹs oppression of the Uighurs: Save our Turkic brothers, Mr. President!

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Illegal workforce: despite the fact that slavery is prohibited worldwide, modern forms of the sinister practice persist. More than 40 million people still toil in debt bondage in Asia, forced labour in the Gulf states, or as child workers in agriculture in Africa or Latin America

Modern-day slavery

Despite the fact that slavery is prohibited worldwide, modern forms still exist. More than 40 million men, women and children still toil in debt bondage or slavery all over the world. By Helle Jeppesen and Natalie Muller