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Forced sterilisation and Xinjiang s shrinking population AFP 4 hrs ago AFP © JOHN THYS Qelbinur Sedik says Chinese authorities forcibly sterilised her as part of a systematic campaign to suppress births of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang She was already beyond child-bearing age, but Qelbinur Sedik says Chinese authorities still forcibly sterilised her, part of what she describes as a systematic campaign to suppress births of Uyghurs and other minorities in the tense Xinjiang region. © JOHN THYS Sedik says she was taken to a clinic in her home city of Urumqi under threat of police action In 2019, Sedik then aged 50 says she begged authorities to spare her from being fitted with the compulsory IUD, as previous attempts resulted in severe pain and bleeding.

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