China’s crackdown on Muslims in its far west has become a domestic issue for the Kazakh government.

Under house arrest, Serikzhan Bilash says authorities made him sign blank documents.

With the arrest of Serikzhan Bilash, a movement that gave the world a view into the Xinjiang crisis has an uncertain future.

Kazakhs remain the most accessible window into the crisis in Xinjiang, but how long will that window remain open?

Recent documentaries explore the contours of the Kazakh diaspora and challenge mainstream assumptions about migration and assimilation.

A Chinese-born Kazakh was fighting deportation in Uzbekistan. Now no one is sure where he is.

Efforts in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to garner attention on the Xinjiang camps have grown, but still to little effect.

The complexities of international relations aside, is Kazakhstan going to choose China over Kazakhs?

Astana can't afford to push Beijing too hard, even on behalf of its own citizens detained in Xinjiang re-education camps.