is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publicly available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents have recently been released, including international media organisations such as yours. also, i have been speaking with camp survivors and victims of the ongoing uyghur genocide. and, personally, even my own story, it tells me a lot about what is happening in the region, what is happening to the peo
in bucha, a suburb of kyiv. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publ
in western japan. he s said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest, nury turkel, is at the centre of the uyghur experience, personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear pict
available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents have recently been released, including international media organisations such as yours. also, i have been speaking with camp survivors and of the ongoing uyghur genocide. and, personally, even my own story, it tells me a lot about what is happening in the region, what is happening to the people who live in the free societies. i was born in re education camp at the height of the cultural revolution and i came to the united states in 1995 as a student. granted asylum and am now a us citizen serving in the us government. even with that kind of privilege that i have as a free person, i have not been able to escape china s repression. to this day, i haven t been able to secure the release of my mother from china, the last time i saw her was in 2004 when she came to the united states for my law school graduation and my father
official statements and also leaked documents. have recently been released, including international media organisations such as yours. also, i have been speaking with camp survivors and of the ongoing uyghur genocide. and, personally, even my own story, it tells me a lot about what is happening in the region, what is happening to the people who live in the free societies. i was born in re education camp at the height of the cultural revolution and i came to the united states in 1995 as a student. granted asylum and am now a us citizen serving in the us government. even with that kind of privilege that i have is a free person, i have not been able to escape china s repression. to this day, i haven t been able to secure the release of my mother from china, the last time i saw her was in 2004 when she came to the united states for my law school graduation and my father passed away about two months