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Nury Turkel - Uyghur Human Rights Project, Washington

Nury Turkel - Uyghur Human Rights Project, Washington

The Interview vor 7 Jahren

Has the Chinese province of Xinjiang become a massive prison?

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'Sense the party's thought, obey the party's words, follow the
party's lead' are the words printed in red on a building at an
internment camp in Xinjiang, China. It is one of the country's
wealthiest provinces, and also one of its most restive. It has
one and a half per cent of China's population, yet over 20 per
cent of its arrests. Meanwhile, there are reports of over a
million people currently in detention. The Government says the
camps are needed to "re-educate" the people. Nury Turkel,
chairman of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, disagrees. Uyghurs,
an ethnic group who practice Islam, say Xinjiang has become a
giant prison. Yet armed groups have killed hundreds in recent
years, and the US and UK among others have placed the East
Turkestan Islamic Movement, based in the region, among those they
call terrorists. Is he being duped, or is China duping the rest
of the world?