Xinjiang Government Believed to Be Behind Social Media Campaign to Deny Human Rights Abuses
On 5/20/21 at 10:30 AM EDT
The Xinjiang government has been publishing a series of videos where Uyghurs denounce former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his accusations of genocide in the Chinese region and praise the Chinese Communist Party. But there may be evidence that the Xinjiang government is behind the series.
The Associated Press received a text that shows government offices requesting the creation of the videos. The AP was unable to verify the text, but friends of Fridavs Drinov, who sent the text to the AP and is being detained by police, said he received it from a friend who has family in the city of Karamay s government in Xinjiang. Government officials said that they did not create the video series and that the outpouring is spontaneous and genuine.