Uighur Muslims and the Reach of China

February 26, 2019 | Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

Prominent leaders of the Uighur community have called upon democratic governments throughout the world to confront China and its appalling treatment of this ethnic minority. Furthermore, statements have been given by Uighur leaders that the treatment of the Uighurs by the central government are an attempt to eradicate the Uighur culture.  Moreover, Louisa Greve, director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project for external affairs states, “We see many, many of the precursors of cultural and possibly physical genocide.” Therefore, different activists have varying perspectives on the atrocities occurring, but it is clear that gross human rights violations are present and perhaps an ongoing cultural eradication.

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