Uyghur Children Face Legacy of Trauma Caused by Mass Incarceration Campaign

Radio Free Asia

"Mass incarceration of Uyghurs in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has scattered some 500,000 Uyghur children in boarding schools, orphanages, and other institutions run by the Chinese state—a state that experts say is committed to the long-term eradication of the ethnic group," says this article from Radio Free Asia. "Investigative reporting over the past few years has shown that hundreds of thousands of Uyghur children live in some form of state care," the article continues.