In some parts of the Uyghur region, the number of people who can fast during Ramadan has been reduced this year

A source close to the situation said in a statement that the number of people fasting in Ramadan had been determined in some parts of the Uyghur region during Ramadan this year. If the number is set to encourage people who are afraid of fasting for the past 4 years in some areas, It has also been suggested that in some places, fasting is prescribed to prevent the spread of fasting. During the reporter's telephone interview, the information in this comment was confirmed.

A week ago, grassroots officials in some parts of the Uyghur region received a notice to register people who could fast in their area, according to a source familiar with the matter. The statement added that the number of people allowed to fast in the area was also limited to a number of people.

We called some units in the Uyghur region to clarify the accuracy of this information. One of the officials said that meetings were being held on the provisions of Ramadan, but did not specify what was being said.

The number is said to be between 10 and 50, depending on the population of the community or the residents' committee. It is alleged that the ambassador provided the information to Hussein during a telephone conversation with Hussein.

Ten families in Yining County who answered our call revealed that they were registering fasting people in their village. He did not mention the age limit for those who could fast, but stressed that there should be no school-age children in the fasting room, adding that only those who were grandchildren and lived separately from their grandchildren could fast.

During our interrogation during Ramadan last year, a village police officer in Tokkuzak, despite rumors that there was no talk of banning fasting in 2020 and that it would not be wrong to fast in 2021, was due to severe restrictions and severe penalties in 2017-2018. It is alleged that the ambassador provided the information to Hussein.

The response to our radio broadcasts this time was to say that the number of fasting people in some places has been determined to encourage residents who are afraid of fasting. Ten heads of households in the shooting who answered our call answered "yes" in response to a notice we received this year about the number of people who could fast and a question about whether there was a fixed number. When we asked him what the specifics of the notice were, he stated that he was illiterate, aware of the basic spirit of the notice, but could not recall the specifics. He also revealed that two of the 10 families in charge were allowed to fast.

While one in ten families in Yining County argued that the number limit was intended to keep children’s minds “healthy,” a village police officer in Tokkuzak stressed that such systems were being implemented so as not to misunderstand the party’s religious policy.

Mr. Turgunjan Alawuddin, Vice President of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress, condemned China's Ramadan system as "strange". He acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to the Uyghur Autonomous Region.