Luke Kim
Spring 2021 Member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation Members of the Uighur community and human rights activists demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom on April 22, 2021. David Cliff / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
It has become a regular practice of the CCP to try to silence Uighur activists abroad by holding their family members in Xinjiang hostage.
Their policy is to retaliate against anyone they believe is undermining the Party’s control.
The U.S. should continue to press for the release of all political prisoners in China, including the 1.8 million to 3 million Uighurs.
China s intimidation and endless pursuit of ideological compliance
thehill.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehill.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NED-Funded Uyghur Separatist Network and CAIR Director Rally Around Cold War Propaganda
mintpressnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mintpressnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Panelists at this week’s FAS symposium event discussed the ongoing Uyghur crisis.
The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS) held an event titled “The Global Response to the Uyghur Crisis” on Tuesday, April 6. The evening’s panel, part of the symposium’s “Where Do We Go From Here?” speaker series, featured Nury Turkel, board chairman for the Uyghur Human Rights Project; Rushan Abbas, executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs; and Louisa Greve, director of global advocacy for the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
The event was moderated by FAS Co-Directors Ryan Ebrahimy and Margaret Hanson.
Over the past few years, the Chinese government has targeted the country’s Uyghur ethnic minority, detaining over one million people for weeks or years at a time. The U.S. State Department has since labeled these acts as a genocide.
Ludicrous China Musical Depicting Harmony in Xinjiang Shows Need For Probe of Abuse Reports: Experts — Radio Free Asia
rfa.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rfa.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.