China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west
(WorldNews Turkey)

ISTANBUL (AP) - The Chinese government has turned four of Meripet’s children into orphans, even though she and her husband are alive. The kids were left with their grandmother when the couple visited Meripet’s sick father in Turkey. But when Chinese authorities started locking up thousands of their fellow ethnic Uighurs for alleged subversive crimes such as travel abroad, a visit turned into exile. Then, her mother-in-law was jailed, and Meripet learned from a friend that her 3- to 8-year-olds were placed in a de facto orphanage in the Xinjiang region. “It’s like my kids are in jail,” Meripet said, her voice cracking. Meripet’s family is among tens of...