Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs have been sent to re-education camps in China since 2017. Today, the repression continues, but less conspicuously. The Xinjiang region appears to be in a significant stage of transition.
Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are among the most prominent dissidents to be arrested by Chinese authorities. Both are well-known members of the New Citizens Movement, which pushed for more openness regarding the wealth of government officials