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Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer claimed some 10,000 people “disappeared” at the hands of the Chinese government during ethnic unrest in the city of Urumqi in July. (1:40 min)

Pepe Escobar at RealNews Network asks, Does anyone care about what happens to the Uighurs? All country leaders swallow Chinese propaganda and turn their backs on human right abuses in Xinjiang. (7:30 min)

SkyNews’ Peter Sharp travels to Kangshar to meet the Uyghurs (pronounced we-gurs) - China’s Muslims who suffer equally brutal repression as the Tibetans. If a Uyghur even speaks negatively of China, they face imprisonment. (3:54 min)