Activist Claims He Helped Get Refugee Status For Ethnic Kazakhs From China
January 06, 2021 17:55 GMT
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A naturalized Kazakh citizen from China s northwestern region of Xinjiang says his activities as a self-exiled activist in Turkey helped five ethnic Kazakh Chinese citizens obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan in 2020.
Serikzhan Bilash and his family moved from Kazakhstan to Turkey in September after he faced controversial charges of inciting ethnic hatred.
In an
interview with RFE/RL published on January 6, Bilash said Kazakh authorities have been reluctant to give refugee status to ethnic Kazakhs who ve fled Xinjiang to avoid incarceration in China s so-called reeducation camps for Muslim indigenous ethnic groups.