Womanhood & International Relations

124. Rushan Abbas on Calls of Genocide Against the Uyghurs


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Several international news reports are denouncing crimes against humanity against the Uyghurs in East Turkestan. Calls to address and put an end to genocide and the reportedly different measures taken by the Chinese authorities (forced re-education, forced labour, forced sterilization, forced marriages, sexual violence, torture) are not prompting an urgent international community response. 

Why is this happening? What is the current situation in this territory? What are the human and women's rights violations and why we should it's important to pay attention?

An interview with Rushan Abbas, executive director of the Campaign for Uyghurs. 

You can watch this interview on video on my Youtube channel here.

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  • Recommended links of this episode:

    • Campaign for Uyghurs Official Website
    • What’s happening with China’s Uighurs? | Start Here
    • How China is crushing the Uyghurs | The Economist
    • Forced sterilisations and life in China's Uighur Muslim internment camps
    • New evidence of Uighur forced labour in China’s cotton industry - BBC News
    • How China Targets Muslims for 'Re-Education' Camps — and Spies on Their Families
    • China calls report of forced sterilizations in Xinjiang 'baseless'
    • China rejects genocide charge in Xinjiang, says door open to U.N
    • International Criminal Court Will Not Take Further The Case Of The Uyghurs
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