Link to the source: https://www.ft.com/content/f0d3223a-7f4d-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d
This post is the part of the FT article that depicts the story of tahir Imin.
“I dream of being with my daughter. Then I dream I am in Urumqi and the police are coming to my home and I’m afraid they will take me to prison,” said Tahir Imin, a Uighur academic who left behind a seven-year-old daughter in 2016 to pursue a masters degree in Israel. He is now a political refugee in the US. Last June, Mr Imin’s wife asked for a divorce, which he granted, after she was repeatedly harassed by local security forces in Urumqi for her relationship with Mr Imin. Earlier this year, friends in Xinjiang told Mr Imin that his entire extended family had been detained or imprisoned, but they did not provide details for fear that their conversations were being monitored and they would be punished. Mr Imin is unclear about what happened to his daughter. Shortly before cutting off contact in January, his daughter told him to stop contacting his family. The words cut deep, but he believes they were sent to him under psychological pressure and duress. “She loves me very much,” said Mr Imin. “She knows everything.”
