Uyghur exiles accuse Xinjiang’s leader of repression beyond borders

FILE - Ma Xingrui, Communist Party secretary of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, speaks as he leads a meeting on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 7, 2024.

Exiled members of China’s Uyghur minority group accuse Beijing of human rights violations and say the Communist Party chief in the Xinjiang region where most of them are from has been more heavy-handed in his approach toward them than his predecessor.