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Marriage for ethnic unity (Swiss Press Text 2026, by Enrico Kampmann) - Swiss Press Award

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Marriage for ethnic unity

Ehe für die ethnische Einheit

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2026

Enrico Kampmann

Between camp and marriage certificate: In one of the world's first publicly known cases, a young Uyghur woman in Swiss exile recounts her forced marriage and escape. Her story reveals how the Chinese government has been systematically using forced marriages as a tool of ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang for years.

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Enrico Kampmann / Swiss Press Award

Enrico Kampmann

Journalist, Zürich, 1988

I have been an editor in the politics section of the weekly newspaper "WOZ" since 2024. Before that, I worked at the "St.Galler Tagblatt," where, following my traineeship, I wrote for the Eastern Switzerland section starting in 2021. In 2019, I transitioned from communications to journalism. I gained my first experience in the small, dedicated editorial team of the Bern-based online platform "Babanews." I studied political science and English literature in Zurich and London.

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