Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China's Uyghur Minority
Invasive digital monitoring and community informants drive a system all too ready to classify Muslims in Ürümqi as extremists and terrorists.
Yael Grauer
Yael Grauer is an independent journalist based in Phoenix. She’s written for WIRED, Slate, Forbes, and others.
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