Experts: COVID Lockdowns Likely to Exacerbate Chinese Repression in Xinjiang, Tibet

August 19, 2022

According to Peter Irwin, a senior program officer at the Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project, Uyghurs have been facing some of the “most intrusive state-imposed surveillance” in the world today.

“COVID lockdown measures give Chinese authorities even more of an excuse to either lock Uyghurs up and heighten surveillance that they are already well-accustomed to,” Irwin told VOA.

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