A pro-democracy activist who fled China after documenting what he described as concentration camps in Xinjiang was granted asylum on Jan. 28 by a New York immigration judge, amid widespread concern about the risks he would face if deported.
Guan Heng, 38, applied for asylum after arriving in the United States illegally in 2021. He was living in New York state before he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in August 2025.
The case attracted international scrutiny in December 2025, with lawmakers in two dozen countries, including the United States, urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to abandon its plan to deport him to Uganda. The agency subsequently canceled the plan….
US Judge Grants Asylum to Chinese National Who Filmed China’s Uyghur Prison Camps
