Uighur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

Uighur Nursimangul Abdureshid, 34, shows a photograph of her family during an interview with The Associated Press (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uighur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, analysis of leaked data shows.

A list obtained and partially verified by the Associated Press cites the names of more than 10,000 Uighurs sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang.