[TEXT: "My name is Abdurehim Heyit."]
[TEXT: "Abdurehim Heyit is alive and well" according to a video
released by Chinese state media.]
[TEXT: A prominent Uighur musician, Heyit is being detained in
an internment camp in China’s western region of Xinjiang.]
[TEXT: The release of Heyit’s purported proof of life video has the
Uighur and other Muslim communities asking one question:]
[TEXT: What about my family members?]
[TEXT: Since April 2017, Chinese authorities have detained
more than 1 million minorities of Muslim faith]
[TEXT: and placed them in internment camps in the
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.]
[TEXT: Using #MeTooUyghur, families and friends on social
media are demanding videos of their loved ones]
[TEXT: who are also believed to be detained
in internment camps.]
[TEXT: From Uighur intellectuals,]
[TEXT: and athletes,]
[TEXT: to grandmothers and siblings, the list goes on.]
[TEXT: The United States calls for China to free all those
arbitrarily detained and end its repression of members of
Muslim minority groups.]
[TEXT: The Chinese government must end policies that
conflate "terrorism" or “extremism" with peaceful religious
or political expression.]
[TEXT: Select Media © AP Images
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