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“They fight among themselves for power, and ordinary people suffer.”

Nur-Sultan, Jan 28 (EFE).- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Friday replaced as chairman of the ruling Nur Otan party its founder and leader of the nation, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who handed over one of the last levers of power he still controlled in the Central Asian republic. Tokayev, who has considerably strengthened his power since the …

Mihrigul Tursun was one of more than 40 women in a 40-square metre underground cell. In Xinjiang, north-west China, they were chained at the wrists and ankles. It was their prison and their toilet. It had just one small hole in the ceiling for ventilation. A Uighur man walks past a painted wall showing different ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Credit:The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age The women, Tursun said, were stripped naked, forced to undergo a medical examination, electroshocked and beaten while interrogated. She said she witnessed nine deaths in three months of detention. The 31-year-o...

The 31-year-old’s account is one of the dozens contained in a report by Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School released on Monday night. China is facing growing international scrutiny over its treatment of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. Calls for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are gaining momentum and countries, including Australia, are being urged to implement a united sanctions regime to force China’s government to allow independent United Nations inspectors into the region. Tursun’s account, like the scores of others reported by human rights groups, governments and...