Australia Uighurs despair over ‘disappeared’ relatives in China

Families fear that Australia is being too cautious on issue because of China’s economic might.

Melbourne, Australia – Yusuf Hussein is an Australian citizen of Uighur ethnicity who lives in the small city of Adelaide. He and his five children used to speak to his elderly parents every week, but since 2017 he has not been able to contact them. “Suddenly, [they] disappeared and none of them answered my phone,” Hussein told Al Jazeera.