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I'm in Almaty, Kazakhstan's second city and a bustling metropolis, to investigate a trail that begins hundreds of kilometers away in the fields of northwest China.
It's a story of serious human rights abuses, mass detentions, and of forced labor.
And it's about where some of the products of that forced labor end up.
I must say, I've never been on a deployment that has made me feel so paranoid and made me feel like I need to look over my shoulder quite as much.
Even here on the streets of another country, those who dare speak out about these things don't feel safe.
We've come to a secret location to meet a man we're calling Mehmet.
After months of back and forth, he's agreed to speak to us.
But he's worried.
He's scared, just like everyone is.
And the paranoia is starting to set in on my side, too.
Are we being followed?
Everyone is frightened to talk.
We all still have relatives in Xinjiang, and if they find out, they will imprison them.
They will threaten them.
Mehmet fled Xinjiang five years ago.