In this episode we talk with Rushan Abbas, Founder and Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs, an organization focused on stopping the systematic human rights abuses against the people of Xinjiang, China (also called East Turkestan). Rushan is a Uyghur herself and shares with us her personal story, what is happening to Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in China, and what we as individuals can do to stop what the US and the international community has designated a “genocide.”

NOTE: We do not recommend having children around while listening to this episode.

Campaign for Uyghurs: www.campaignforuyghurs.org

UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

Uyghur Advocacy Network Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/457144825645933

Uyghur Wellness Initiative: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/uyghur-wellness-initiative

Sample letter to elected representatives re: Beijing 2022 Olympics: https://campaignforuyghurs.org/nobeijing2022/

Contact the International Olympic Committee: https://campaignforuyghurs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/No-rights-no-games.pdf

Support the Senate’s Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: https://campaignforuyghurs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Phoning-Your-senators.pdf

Produced by Nicole Gibson

Music: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra

Correction: A previous version of this episode mistakenly attributed the peacemaking quote to Martin Luther King Jr. We have edited the episode to rightly attribute it to Shane Claiborne.