Almaty’s journalists witnessed Kazakhstan’s largest city roil with protests, peaceful at first, then become engulfed in deepening anger and shocking violence.
Grandmother Raises An Orphan Of Islamic State, As Kazakhs Confront Reintegration Question
May 17, 2021 15:59 GMT
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ORAL CITY, Kazakhstan At 13, Asan is at least three years older than his fourth-grade classmates. But age isn t the biggest difference between Asan and the others at his Russian-language public school in Oral, in northwest Kazakhstan.
Asan was repatriated from Syria two years ago and is still making a gradual transition to life in peacetime, under the watchful eyes of relatives, teachers, and the Kazakh government.
Both of Asan’s parents were recruits of the Islamic State (IS) militant group and are thought to have died in Syria along with Asan s older brother, Amza.
Posted by zctph48 | Jul 30, 2018
Described by rights activist Michael Caster as “crimes against humanity,” the targeted persecution of Xinjiang’s Muslim Uyghurs is worsening, and journalists, academics, and politicians are calling for awareness and action. Recent statistics show the region constituted 21% of all arrests in China last year, despite comprising just 1.5% of the national population. In addition, Professor Adrian Zenz demonstrated that “at least several hundred thousand, and possibly just over one million” Uyghurs have been detained in extralegal re-education camps which would not register in arrest statistics.
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Qu xuexi,” meaning to go or be sent to study, is one of the most common expressions in Xinjiang these days. It is a euphemism for having been taken away and not having been seen or heard from since. The “schools” are re-education centers in which the detainees are being forced to take courses in Chinese and patriotism, without any indictment