A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has helped Nursimangul Abdureshid shed some light on the whereabouts of her missing family members, who have disappeared in China’s sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang. Researchers estimate over one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities are being held in a secretive network of detention centres and prisons, ostensibly as part of an anti-terrorism campaign after a series of attacks. Yet information on the crackdown in Xinjiang region – and those who have been ensnared by it – is closely guarded by China’s Communist authorities. That has left relatives unable to contact detainees...