The Kazakh government recently issued refugee certificates to two ethnic Kazakhs who fled from China’s Xinjiang province to Kazakhstan. According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, the head of a Kazakh human rights organization, this is the first time the Kazakh government has officially acknowledged the existence of re-education camps in Xinjiang.
The director is Selkjian, founder of the Kazakh human rights group Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights, who told the Central News Agency (CNA) that the two refugee camps were the first to be officially recognized by the Kazakh government. He told the Central News Agency that the two refugees were Kaster Musakhan and Murager Alimuly, who fled Xinjiang to Kazakhstan last October.
The two men revealed the inside story of the Xinjiang re-education camp at a press conference organized by the volunteer group last October. Alimuly said that there are nine camps in Emin County, where he lives, and that the detainees range from 20-year-olds to 80-year-olds.
In addition to the two men, Selkjian said, there are four other people who have fled Xinjiang, one of whom has been granted asylum in Sweden, and three who are still seeking asylum in Kazakhstan.
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