Despite living thousands of miles from Xinjiang, in the safety of Australia, Arzu fears the long arm of the Chinese state. “We don’t say ‘camps’, we say ‘the hospital’ or ‘school’,” says Alim*, who believes his father has been imprisoned. Hiwilla is unimpressed with the response from the international community, though he notes that the plight of Uighurs is becoming better known. “People know about us now, they used not to know who we are, but now they say: ‘Uighur? Because everyone has a story of loss, the pain always hangs over the community, says Ahmed.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2018 01:28 UTC