Claims China is detaining Uighurs with links to Australia

The Muslim Uighur [[WEE-gir]] community in Australia says it's being subjected to increasingly bold surveillance tactics by Chinese authorities. SBS has spoken to Uighurs who say their families have been detained in China and are being used as pawns in an effort to force them to return.

Trainee clerics inside a classroom at the Kashgar Vocational Education Training centre in Xinjiang, China. Source: AAP