Uyghur Schoolchildren, Parents Forced to Abstain From Fasting During Ramadan

May 21, 2018

Radio Free Asia Gulchehra Hoja, Joshua Lipes

But a student in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) prefecture’s Peyziwat (Jiashi) county recently told RFA that school officials made him and his classmates sign agreements with their parents that they would not fast during Ramadan—which falls between May 16 and June 14 this year—marking the first time authorities have been known to target school-age children with the measures.

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When asked if his parents were fasting during Ramadan, the student said that they weren’t because “they are not allowed to practice such things in front of … their children.”