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‘Our Government Doesn’t Want to Spoil Relations with China’
The arrest of a Kazakh activist who advocated for Muslims ensnared in Beijing’s camps is part of a wider effort by China to shape the narrative on its...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan—In early March, Serikzhan Bilash, a Kazakh activist documenting and advocating for Muslims caught up in an immense internment-camp system in China, was taken from his hotel room by security services and…
- Reid Standish
- The Atlantic
Late on August 16, after being under house arrest for five months, he…