The planned, organized, and systematic suppression of distinctive cultures aims at annihilating human groups for what makes them what they are. One perpetrator is the People’s Republic of China.
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Documenting the Horror. 2. Of Genocides and Culture
The UN “Convention on Genocide” excludes cultural destruction as a marker for genocide, to avoid a vague use of the term “culture.” But culture is not a fuzzy concept. It identifies peoples.
Documenting the Horror. 1. A Valuable Report on the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide
Testimonies collected on the ground by the European Bangladesh Forum confirm scholarly studies, calling on the international community, and by extension the UN, to recognize an overlooked truth.
Uyghurs Continue to Oppose “Genocide Tours” to Xinjiang
American and European travel companies should not directly or indirectly support a genocidal regime, Rushan Abbas told “Bitter Winter.”
China Finds a “Useful Idiot” in Trinidad: Sheikh Imran Hussein
Two Uyghur activists write to a Caribbean Islamic preacher who claimed that the Uyghur genocide is an invention of the CIA.
Why Uyghurs Keep Commemorating the Ghulja Massacre of 1997
Every year on February 5 they remind the world that what happened then was the beginning of a genocide that still continues.
Is Pakistan Committing a Genocidal Act on Afghan Refugees?
From a safe haven, Pakistan has become a cruel persecutor for millions of Afghans overnight.
We Should All Remember the First Anniversary of the Urumqi Fire
On November 24, 2022, in a building whose doors were locked from the outside because of the Zero COVID policy, 44 Uyghurs died. It was part of the genocide.
The Hazaras in Afghanistan: Time to Call It Genocide
A conference in Turin, Italy, was a precedent of international value, setting a model of scholarship and advocacy that should be replicated world-wide.
The UN Should Recognize the 1971 Tragedy of Bangladesh for What It Was: Genocide
Experts called for action at a side event hosted by Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) during the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.