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[Sky News has uncovered evidence showing
the extent to which Uighur sites are being bulldozed and built over as part of China's efforts to change the autonomous region they come from. Among the monuments to the past which have been replaced are cemeteries, religious buildings and typical architecture.] China Will have to Kick this reporter out as he has found what they are doing. [By Tom Cheshire, Sky News Asia correspondent Tarwizim Cemetery in Hotan, Xinjiang, was "not that big but many people – our relatives – had their loved ones buried there," Mergube said. She didn't want her surname to be used because she is afraid of the consequences of speaking publicly. "Some of the burial sites were flat, some had domes with ornaments, there were trees in it. In the summer they would bring flowers to the tombs. That is what I remember," she told us. Mergube grew up in Hotan and is Uighur. She and her family fled China in 2016, fearing for their safety as Uighurs started to be detained in greater numbers by the Chinese authorities. Her grandfather was buried in Tarwizim Cemetery. After they left China, her family heard the graveyard had been destroyed.] https://news.sky.com/story/paving-ov...-past-12339332 |
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