Bachelet Goes to Xinjiang: Three Prisoners She Should Meet
The U.N. Human Rights Commissioner should insist on meeting Ilan Tohti, Miradil Hassan, and Abdurashid Hamit.
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Kok Bayraq is a political émigré from East Turkestan (Ch. Xinjiang) and an opponent of the Sinicization of his homeland. He left China in 1994 when his journalism got him “into trouble with the authorities,”and is now living in Washington, D.C.. His unique thoughts and feelings published in Taipei Times and Global Voice comment on the ongoing Uyghur genocide.
The U.N. Human Rights Commissioner should insist on meeting Ilan Tohti, Miradil Hassan, and Abdurashid Hamit.
Unlike in China, where police officers who kill or “disappear” Uyghurs such as Imammemet Ali are not punished, in the U.S. the officer who killed Floyd went to jail.
Many do not know, or forget, that Putin consistently hailed and defended Xi’s policies against the Uyghurs. Xi’s support of Putin’s is now a way to reciprocate.
The ousted Prime Minister had become famous for his extravagant praise of China and Xi Jinping, and refusal to acknowledge the Uyghur genocide.
They tried to silence their Uyghur classmate Rizwangul Nurmuhammad, whose story was told in Bitter Winter. Incredibly, the university tried to appease them.
While we admire and promote Sayragul’s testimony, we should also remember Peyzulla, who was ruthlessly killed by the Chinese, as Bitter Winter was the first to reveal.
Eileen Gu, the American-turned-Chinese Olympic champion, continues to do nothing to prevent her political use by the CCP.
The relationship between Russia and Ukraine is a “terrible kinship.” Just as the relationship China has with the Uyghurs.
A tale of two Uyghur torchbearers hailed by Chinese media, Dilnigar Ilhamjan and Memetjan Omar.
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