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Goodbye. hello and welcome back, this is bbc news. lets head back to our top story. researchers say china is pressuring uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening their families back home. refugees and activists say it s a tactic that s tearing communities apart. 0ne refugee living in the uk told bbc newsnight s sam judah 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 ....
Communities apart. bbc newsnight s sam judah has been speaking to one refugee living in the uk 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. 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. ....
Sam judah, bbc news. i ve been speaking to the journalist behind that reporting, sam judah. i asked him how he went about this investigation. sadly, this is very familiar story, and you don t have to dig too deep to find people in similar situations. we ve spoke to uyghurs in the uk, norway and turkey and they detailed almost identical experiences. what s less usual in the case of the man we heard from in the report was willing to share a lot of detail with us that is quite rare, because most people in this situation don t want to talk to journalists about their experience. they also find it difficult, many uyghurs away from home, to actually talk with their families back in xinjiang. how do they do it? that s an interesting point, why can t someone like alim in the uk call his family back home? ....
Majority of requests made by chinese police are rejected by those in the uyghur community. sam judah, bbc news. we have had official chinese reaction in a statement sent to the bbc, the chinese embassy in london said the allegations were totally groundless . china said the statement protects uyghurs and their communication with overseas relatives in accordance with the law . a british pensioner who killed his seriously ill wife in cyprus has walked free from court. david hunter was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife janice at their home. mr hunter had told the court that she had begged him to end her life because she was in so much pain. from paphos, fiona trott sent this report. stunned. this is the moment the retired miner never dared to imagine. i can t describe it. i m sorry, i wish i could i wish i could find words to describe it, but i can t. when you re under pressure for two year, wondering which way it s going to go, you don t know what to think. ....
To sam judah shortly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. theresa may s former chief of staff has been elected as the conservative candidate for the former health secretary mount hancock s seating west suffolk. mr hancock is currently an independent mp for the constituency, after being thrown out of the conservatives for appearing on i m a celebrity. he s stepping down at the election. rail passengers are facing more disruption this week because of a ban on overtime by train drivers. aslef union members at 15 train companies in england are refusing to work extra hours from today until saturday. they re involved in a long running dispute over their pay offer, which train companies say is fair and reasonable. 0nline marketplace etsy has come under fire from sellers for putting 75% of their takings on hold for 45 days. hundreds of small businesses recently got an email from etsy notifying them ....