# @nbcnewyork on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=oI6cFiJ8A8w
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73194630-nbcnewyork-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3772c71ad8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-08-09T12:00:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC New York (@nbcnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/nbcnewyork

## Caption

Aierken “Alfred” Ailapati says he cannot remember the last time he heard his parent’s voice. He came to New York from China as a foreign student in 2015. But in August last year, he says he learned both of his parents had been sent to what are being called “re-education camps" in his home province of Xinjiang. He believes his family has been targeted because he decided to study in the United States, and because he and his family are Uyghurs – an ethnic minority the United Nations says China has been targeting and detaining in the millions because of their Muslim faith. Video production: Gianna Bruzzese

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## Stats

- **Views:** 3,472
- **Likes:** 80
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- **Comments:** 11

## Tags

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