The Black Gate: Arresting Your Brothers and Sisters : Embedded

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Luke Medina for NPR

Luke Medina for NPR

Luke Medina for NPR

As NPR correspondent Emily Feng reported on the Uyghur family separated from one another because of Chinese state oppression, she learned about a mysterious figure working to keep her sources from speaking out.

In the final episode, she profiles two Uyghur men who – perhaps unwillingly – become actors within the Chinese state’s systems of control over Uyghurs. As they work to silence others, they say they’ve found themselves silenced as well.

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