Er glaubte, er sei den Fängen Pekings entkommen, nur um wieder in China zu verschwinden

SS: In a harrowing exposé by Shibani Mahtani for The Washington Post, the plight of Abdureqip Rahman, a young Uyghur man, demonstrates China’s extrajudicial reach beyond its borders. After escaping China’s oppressive Xinjiang region and enduring forced labor in a Cambodian scam compound, Rahman sought refuge with U.N. assurances of protection. Instead, he was handed over by Cambodian authorities and secretly repatriated to China, where he vanished.

The investigation reveals a chilling pattern of Uyghurs being forcibly deported from countries with close ties to Beijing, often circumventing international legal protections against refoulement. The author’s investigation of Rahman’s tragic case highlights the failure of U.N. agencies and international mechanisms to shield vulnerable individuals from Beijing’s systemic persecution, even as global watchdogs and Uyghur activists continue to demand accountability.