Honorable President Donald Trump
December 10, 2018
Honorable President Donald Trump,
East Turkestan & the Uyghurs
China’s relentless persecution of its Muslim minority
Authoritarian regimes often persecute innocent people but cover their crime by denouncing their victims as “terrorists.” China is doing so on a massive scale as numerous reports indicate.
Spying On The Uyghurs: A First-Person Account From A Han Chinese Student
Initium Media editor’s note: In August, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reported that more than one million Uyghur people may be secretly imprisoned by the Chinese government in “re-education” camps in Xinjiang.
‘As If You’ve Spent Your Whole Life In Prison’: Starving And Subdued In Xinjiang Detention Centers
Gulbahar Jelil was told not to mention the stench and sickness that hounded her and pervaded her crowded cell. She was not to mention that 30 women were forced to share a 14-square-meter space. She was not to talk about their starvation diet, how detainees received only about 600 calories per day — equivalent to two or three plain bagels — and that she had lost close to 100 pounds over the course of her internment.
Award-winning Chinese photographer Lu Guang detained in Xinjiang, says wife
An award-winning photographer whose work exposed the lives of people on the margins of Chinese society has been taken away by security agents, his wife has said.
Will Trump Speak Up Against China’s Oppression?
As President Trump prepares to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the G-20 gathering in Argentina this weekend, tough American tariffs and a broader bilateral trade relationship are at the top the agenda.
Condolence Letter to Bush Family
December 3, 2018
To Bush Family:
It is always heart-breaking when we lose a world leader who respected equal justice and human dignity above all others. Thepassing of the41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, has deeply saddenedme and my fellow colleagues around the world who arefighting for the Uyghur cause.
China's brutal treatment of Uyghurs is failing
China has sought for decades to restrict the practice of Islam and maintain an iron grip in Xinjiang, a huge western region where more than half the population of 22 million belongs to Muslim ethnic minority groups.
New Exclusive Video: Another “Transformation Through Education” Camp for Uyghurs Exposed in Xinjiang
The new video, just as the one published on November 12, comes from the Yining area in Xinjiang.
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