CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN: TWO CHINESE NATIONALS SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM IN KAZAKHSTAN
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25-year-old Murager Alimuly and 30-year-old Qaster Musakhanuly, both ethnic Kazakhs from China, entered Kazakhstan on October 1 and on October 9 appeared in video testimonies posted to Facebook recounting their experiences in Xinjiang. They were given asylum-seeker status in Kazakhstan after having crossed the border from Xinjiang illegally on October 1. The status grants at least temporary reprive from the threat of deportation. Shortly after going public with a press conference in Almaty on October 14, the two men were detained by Kazakh authorities.
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