China’s Uyghur crackdown has not ended — it has gone underground

September 25, 2026 | The Hill

The Uyghur region has become one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance environments. Families separated across borders therefore cannot communicate normally. As research from the Uyghur Human Rights Project has shown, Uyghur “families are prevented from normal communications both directly, through intimidation and monitored calls, and indirectly, through fear of reprisals for attempting to maintain contact.” 

Cited: Report by Dr. Henryk Szadziewski (Fading Ties: Uyghur Family Separation as a Tool of Transnational Repression)

Read the full article by William Nee for The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/6109530-evolution-china-uygur-repression/amp/