Uyghur News Recap: March 3-9, 2022 
A summary of Uyghur-related news around the world 
Critics accused the  over its silence on Uyghur human rights in China after the organization responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine by urging the exclusion of Russian athletes from international sporting events. According to an official in Manas, a county in northern Xinjiang with a Uyghur population of fewer than 7,000, for what were termed "serious crimes" that reportedly included praying. Beijing has said in the past the facilities holding Uyghurs are vocational training centers. Ahead of U.N. human rights chief , China's ambassador to the U.N., Chen Xu, said Beijing will work with the U.N. human rights office "to make good preparation for this visit." He added, however, that freedom of expression cannot put "anyone above the law." 200 rights groups asked the U.N. human rights chief to release her office's  before her planned visit to the Uyghur region of China. The U.S. called on Beijing to give the U.N. rights office  to China's Uyghur region. Radio Free Asia reports confirmation that a for "marginalizing national culture" and "attempting to split the country." His articles and translation of Western books were the basis for the charges. Tech Transparency Project, a nonprofit group, accused Amazon of working with . Amazon told Business Insider "whenever we find or receive proof of forced labor, we take action." The Chinese government's official court statistics in Xinjiang show that Uyghurs are being , which analysts say is a sign Beijing is shifting its strategy on Uyghurs. After  implicated in the use of Uyghur forced labor, the Chinese foreign ministry called the rationale a "huge lie." Two refugees, Ibrahim Abliz, a Uyghur, and Ersin Erkinuly, a Kazakh, escaped China in search of a safe country, just to find themselves in the middle of the war in Ukraine. They in a story about their journey from China to Ukraine and beyond in their continued search for a safe haven. "I'm in so much pain now. This world is so big, but there's no place we can stay in peace," Ersin Erkinuly told VOA from a cell in Estonia. "I just want to live a normal life. I implore you to help me."