Uyghur women hold East Turkistan flags as they demonstrate near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul on March 8. OZAN KOSE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Chinese colonization is the root of the ongoing genocide of Uyghurs.
By
Mamtimin Ala, the author of
Worse than Death: Reflections on the Uyghur Genocide, and
Salih Hudayar, the founder of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement.
Foreign Policy, August 12 2021
On July 27, Foreign Policy published an article titled “Calls for Independence May Not Help the Uyghur Cause,” which argued that most Uyghurs don’t seek independence from China, and that pro-independence arguments damage attempts to protect Uyghurs’ human rights inside China. But in the long run, independence is the only way to guarantee protection for Uyghurs from the Chinese state.
At present, the conversation on East Turkistan, which China calls Xinjiang, is framed in terms of human rights violations instead of being addressed as an international conflict.
Read the full article here:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/11/independence-east-turkistan-china-uyghurs-xinjiang/
