A Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), raising concerns he could be deported to China where he would face persecution. Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers. He travelled to the US on a tourist visa and made an asylum claim in 2020, for which he is still awaiting a decision. In the US, he found work as an Amazon courier while remaining active in China’s embattled human rights community. On Wednesday, Wu…
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Man who documented Uyghur camps in China may face removal from US after ICE arrest
A Chinese man who left his country after filming at sites of alleged human rights violations against Uyghurs now faces the risk of removal from the United States, according to his lawyer and mother. Guan Heng, 38, underwent an immigration hearing in New York on Monday after being detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August, his mother said in an interview. The case could see him taken out of the United States and potentially landing back in China eventually. “I’m really, really worried that things will be…