Uyghur imams targeted in China’s Xinjiang crackdown
China has targeted Muslim religious leaders, according to a new report, charging many with extremism. …
According to Bunin, only 7,714 criminal verdicts are available for Xinjiang for 2018, despite the region logging 74,348 criminal cases that year. The near total absence of verdicts on charges typically levied against religious Uyghurs, like “propagating extremism” and “inciting separatism”, suggests China is intentionally scrubbing the record.
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