The Sunday Story: Arresting Your Brothers and Sisters
from Up First from NPR
by NPR
Published: Sun Aug 25 2024
Show Notes
In the Xinjiang region of western China, the government has rounded up and detained at least hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups. Many haven't been heard from in years, and others are still desperately searching for their families. Western governments have called this crackdown a cultural genocide and a possible crime against humanity.
NPR Correspondent Emily Feng has been reporting on Uyghurs inside and outside of China for years. In this episode, she profiles two Uyghur men who have found themselves sometimes unwilling actors within the Chinese state's systems of control over Uyghurs. As they work to silence others, they sometimes find themselves silenced as well.
Additional Context:
Listen to Emily Feng's 2022reporting, "The Black Gate: A Uyghur Family's Story" partone and parttwo.
For more on the history of the Uyghur people, listen to the episode "FiveFingers Crush The Land" from NPR's Throughline podcast.
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NPR Correspondent Emily Feng has been reporting on Uyghurs inside and outside of China for years. In this episode, she profiles two Uyghur men who have found themselves sometimes unwilling actors within the Chinese state's systems of control over Uyghurs. As they work to silence others, they sometimes find themselves silenced as well.
Additional Context:
Listen to Emily Feng's 2022reporting, "The Black Gate: A Uyghur Family's Story" partone and parttwo.
For more on the history of the Uyghur people, listen to the episode "FiveFingers Crush The Land" from NPR's Throughline podcast.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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