Meaning of Shaptul | Babel Free

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A town in Payzawat, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.

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“Farther on we passed the villages of Kazan Kul and Shaptul ; a weekly market is held at the latter. "Beyond Fyzabad habitations became scarcer, and ceased altogether at Yengi Awat, forty-six miles from Kashgar.”

“Officials in Hotan (Hetian) prefecture’s Qaraqash (Moyu) county recently told RFA that they had been ordered to send 40 percent of area residents to re-education camps, and said they were having trouble meeting the quota. Authorities in Peyziwat’s Shaptul township have said they were informed at an online staff meeting in June that 80 percent of people arrested there were to be “severely punished,” or jailed. Reports suggest similar orders have been given in other areas of the region, and that authorities are detaining as many Uyghurs as possible in re-education camps and jail, regardless of their age, prior service to the Communist Party, or the severity of the accusations against them.”

“In Shaptul Township, farmers had not yet received their land contracts, and since this situation and farmer's conditions did not see any significant change betwen the two fieldworks, in 2012 the research team decided to choose a random sample of farmers for informal interviews, even if their contracts had not been distributed yet.”

“But a Communist Party cadre in Peyziwat’s Shaptul township told RFA on Feb. 17 that area roads had been closed off and local officials have been too busy to bring supplies to families confined to their homes as part of the quarantine there, which went into effect on Jan. 23.”

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