Merdan Ghappar information

Merdan Ghappar is a Chinese model and a prisoner^{[citation needed]} of Uyghur heritage. He became known for his internment in one of China's Xinjiang re-education camps in 2020. Merdan managed to smuggle video footage and text messages from his internment camp to family members in Europe, who then passed the material on to the press. As of 5 August 2020^[update], his status was unknown.^{[citation needed]}