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World in Progress: Surveillance and new hopes

TOPICS: Inside a re-education camp for Chinese Muslims -- Human Rights Watch's Sophie Richardson on surveillance of Uighurs -- How South Africans defy the country's high unemployement rates

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Presenter: Anke Rasper

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China Kasache Khairat Samarkhan

China Kasache Khairat Samarkhan

World in Progress: Locked up and harassed in a Chinese Reeducation Camp

World in Progress: Locked up and harassed in a Chinese Reeducation Camp

The UN has voiced alarm over China detaining a million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Khairat Samarkhan, a Kazakh, spent half a year in one of the detention centers. And he's one of the few to have made it out. He now lives Kazakhstan, raising awareness about others who are still detained in China. (26.09.2018)

Human Rights Watch Sophie Richardson, China-Direktorin

Human Rights Watch Sophie Richardson, China-Direktorin

World in Progress: Human Rights Watch on surveillance of Uighurs

World in Progress: Human Rights Watch on surveillance of Uighurs

The international NGO Human Rights Watch has published a detailed report on the situation in Western China, where the authorities control all aspects of life. HRW China director Sophie Richardson explains what makes the current situation so different given that the Muslim minority in western China have always been under surveillance of the authorities in Beijing. (26.09.2018)

4. Bildergalerie Sportfoto des Monats Mai

4. Bildergalerie Sportfoto des Monats Mai

World in Progress: South Africa Youth Unemployment

World in Progress: South Africa Youth Unemployment

In South Africa more than one of three young people are unemployed. And it's even more difficult for those who haven't finished school and come from poor neighborhoods to find jobs. Spiraling into long-term unemployment is a real threat. But there are also some positive stories and projects, as Sertan Sanderson in Cape Town discovered. (26.09.2018)