60% of the 400 uyghurs living in the uk have been approached with a similar request to inform on their peers or to stop speaking out about what s happening in xinjiang. this is about the way the chinese government harasses and threatens uyghur people abroad and tries to control their daily activities and their friendships. most face threats and harassment from police and government officials, but all experience family separation. uyghurs outside china offer a line to the international community. they can speak for those still in xinjiang, telling the world about its internment camps, where the un says more than a million people have been detained in the last few years. alim refused to cooperate. and we understand that the vast majority of requests made by chinese police are rejected by those in the uyghur community.
alim has shared recordings of those calls. we ve adapted a few to mask key details. we paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. my colleague collected their details. if you want to see them, i can set up a video call. yes, please arrange that. i just want to talk to them and find out how they are. i won t ask about anything else. 0k. no problem. i ll arrange that for you. alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. the officer connected them by holding two mobile phones facing each other. he used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. when i saw my mother, i couldn t contain my emotions. it had been 6 7 years since i last saw her, and it was an incredibly heart wrenching moment. there was a price to pay. the officer wanted something in return.
many times we ve reported on the plight of uyghur muslims in china with hundreds of thousands subjected to mass incarceration in the north west of the country. researchers are now saying the chinese authorities are pressuring uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening their families back home. refugees and activists say the tactic is tearing communities apart. 0ne refugee living in the uk has been speaking to bbc newsnight s samjudah about his experience. a demonstration outside the foreign office with a dark twist. these uyghurs want the government to speak up about human rights abuses in china. but someone has been asked to infiltrate their ranks, gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities. we re calling him alim and concealing his identity. he s a refugee living in the uk. it was an audio call through wechat.
but someone has been asked to infiltrate their ranks, gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities. we re calling him alim, and concealing his identity. he s a refugee living in the uk. it was an audio call through wechat. when they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. alim has shared recordings of those calls. we ve adapted a few to mask key details. we paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. my colleague collected their details. if you want to see them, i can set up a video call. yes, please arrange that. i just want to talk to them and find out how they are. i won t ask about anything else. 0k. no problem. i ll arrange that for you. alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. the officer connected them by holding two mobile phones facing each other. he used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing
harassment from police and government officials, but all experience family separation. uyghurs outside china offer a line to the international community. they can speak for those still in xinjiang, telling the world about its internment camps, where the un says more than a million people have been detained in the last few years. alim refused to cooperate. and we understand that the vast majority of requests made by chinese police are rejected by those in the uyghur community. sam judah, bbc news. that was our reporter sam judah there, who asked the chinese embassy in london for its response to his report. they said these allegations of transnational repression are totally groundless. they say that we are living