Photographer and Videographer Natacha de Mahieu is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Far West China’. To see Natacha’s body of work, click on any image.




The Xinjiang region could be defined as a real crossroads of Eurasia. Recently attached to China for its strategic location and rich natural resources, the region is essential to the development of the country. It is since the origin populated by the Uighur’s, a Muslim Turkic ethnic minority.
Considering the cultural difference as a threat to its territorial integrity, Beijing has gradually strengthened its control by adopting radical measures alienating the rights of these local minorities and imposing on them a unique way of life, that of the Han Chinese.
Among these measures are the destruction of mosques and traditional houses, a widespread intrusion into smartphones and a mass-sterilization scheme for Uighur women. The most extreme is undoubtedly the internment of Uighur’s in ‘re-education’ camps, which hold more than one million people according to the UN, and forced labor in factories across China.





All images and text © Natacha de Mahieu
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By Natacha de Mahieu
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