Megha Rajagopalan
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China Can Lock Up 1 Million Muslims In Xinjiang
Here is the most complete picture yet of the staggering scale of China’s prisons and detention camps for Muslims in Xinjiang. → Read More
Pakistan Forced Down Apps Made By A Persecuted Religious Minority
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has used anti-blasphemy rules to target members of the Ahmadiyya community. → Read More
US Solar Companies Rely On Materials From Xinjiang, Where Forced Labor Is Rampant
“It’s almost impossible to confidently assess the labor conditions in Xinjiang.” → Read More
We Found The Factories Inside China’s Mass Internment Camps
Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks. → Read More
Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp
In a lush countryside idyll known for its horse farms and fields of yellow flowers, China built a system of total control. → Read More
Uighur Woman Tursunay Ziyawudun, Who Was Detained In Xinjiang Camps, Arrives In US
Tursunay Ziyawudun is among a small number of former detainees who have left China and spoken publicly about their experiences in internment camps in the Xinjiang region. → Read More
Ex-Prisoners Detail The Horrors Of China’s Detention Camps
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been held inside Xinjiang’s camps, but very little is known about life inside. BuzzFeed News spoke to dozens of ex-detainees. → Read More
We Used Blank Spots In China's Maps To Investigate Xinjiang's Camps
China's Baidu blanked out parts of its mapping platform. We used those locations to find a network of buildings bearing the hallmarks of prisons and internment camps in Xinjiang. Here's how we did it. → Read More
China Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Uighurs
China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn’t enough space to hold them. Then the government started building. → Read More
Trump Says He Plans To Ban TikTok From The US
Trump has been threatening to ban the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app citing national security concerns that the company could be misusing American consumer information. → Read More
Unilever Pushed Skin Whiteners In Sri Lanka
The former editor of Cosmopolitan Sri Lanka had a simple request: "Little girls shouldn't bleach themselves." → Read More
Nandini Jammi Is Leaving Sleeping Giants
Nandini Jammi is leaving the activist organization she helped build with Matt Rivitz over a dispute about titles, credit, and equality. → Read More
UK Debates US Tear Gas Ban
A letter signed by 166 members of Parliament calls for the UK to stop selling riot control weapons to US police departments. → Read More
Twitter And Snapchat Are Reining Trump In. Critics Want Them To Do It Around The World.
“Politicians in many places have posted worse." → Read More
Qatar Had A Big Flaw In Its Contact Tracing App
After it was found by Amnesty International, the app's developers fixed the bug. → Read More
Qatar Makes Coronavirus Pandemic Tracking App Mandatory
Citizens and residents will be required to download Ehteraz when “leaving the house for any reason.” → Read More
Coronavirus Contact Tracing Google Apple
Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster. → Read More
The Coronavirus: Iran-Linked Accounts Flooded Twitter With Pro California Independence Tweets
Not now, Iran! → Read More
North Korea: Here's What Is Going On With Reports Kim Jong Un Is Seriously Ill
Basically: There's very little reliable information out there right now. → Read More
Period Tracker Apps: Maya And MIA Fem Are Sharing Deeply Personal Data With Facebook
Data including when women last had sex was sent to Facebook and other third-party services, according to new research shared exclusively with BuzzFeed News. → Read More