WASHINGTON (MNTV) — The United States has granted asylum to a Chinese national who documented alleged human rights abuses in East Turkistan (Xinjiang), after an immigration judge ruled that he faced a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to China.
The ruling applies to Guan Heng, 38, who filmed detention facilities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region and later fled the country. The decision was issued following a hearing in New York, where the judge said Guan had demonstrated credible risk of retaliation from Chinese authorities.
Guan’s asylum case drew public attention after U.S. authorities initially sought to deport him to Uganda following his detention during an immigration enforcement operation in August. The plan was later dropped amid scrutiny from rights advocates and members of the U.S. Congress.
Guan entered the United States in 2021 after a circuitous journey that took him through Hong Kong, Ecuador and the Caribbean, releasing most of his footage online shortly before reaching Florida by boat. He told the court that his decision to publish the videos was driven by concern for persecuted Uyghurs, not to manufacture an asylum claim.
The footage shows Guan travelling across East Turkistan and filming what he described as large-scale detention centres. Human rights organizations and several Western governments have said more than one million Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities have been arbitrarily detained in the region.
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