In this file photo taken on July 13, Sayragul Sauytbay attends a court hearing in Zharkent, accused of illegally crossing the border with China to join her family in Kazakhstan. Photo: Agence France-Presse
In this file photo taken on July 13, Sayragul Sauytbay attends a court hearing in Zharkent, accused of illegally crossing the border with China to join her family in Kazakhstan. Photo: Agence France-Presse
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Cheers as Kazakh court thwarts deportation of Chinese woman who fled ‘re-education camp’ in Xinjiang

Sayragul Sauytbay, an ethnic Kazakh Chinese citizen, provided rare testimony about the Xinjiang camps

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Updated: 9:18pm, 2 Aug, 2018

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In this file photo taken on July 13, Sayragul Sauytbay attends a court hearing in Zharkent, accused of illegally crossing the border with China to join her family in Kazakhstan. Photo: Agence France-Presse
In this file photo taken on July 13, Sayragul Sauytbay attends a court hearing in Zharkent, accused of illegally crossing the border with China to join her family in Kazakhstan. Photo: Agence France-Presse
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