Chinese man who filmed evidence of Xinjiang rights abuses is granted asylum in US
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A Chinese man, Guan Heng, who secretly filmed evidence of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, has been granted asylum in the US by an immigration judge in New York. Guan arrived in the US illegally in 2021 and was detained as part of a mass deportation campaign. He claimed a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to China, citing police questioning of his father after he released the footage. The Department of Homeland Security initially sought to deport him to Uganda, but dropped the plan after public and political attention. While asylum approval rates have decreased significantly in recent years, Guan's case was successful, though the DHS reserves the right to appeal the decision within 30 days.
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